New moon discovered orbiting Uranus is so small, you could walk it in two hours

Roll out the cosmic welcome mat for our solar system’s newest resident: a never-before-seen moon orbiting Uranus.

A team of astronomers announced Tuesday that a new satellite measuring roughly 90 football fields across was discovered around the seventh planet from the sun. The moon, which was first seen by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on Feb. 2, joins a busy neighborhood of 28 other known moons around Uranus .

We’re not sitting on this one, Uranus has another Moon!

Webb discovered an unknown moon orbiting the planet, expanding its known satellite family to 29. https://t.co/uc9CdPnB7w pic.twitter.com/NM9vlAm24H — NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) August 19, 2025

The Webb telescope’s observations of Uranus are giving scientists better insight into one of the more mysterious