What methods can be used to identify subsurface oceans on the five largest moons of Uranus: Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and ...

Learn about the unexpected discovery that has shaped new perspectives on Uranus' moons and their brightness.

"Uranus is weird, so it's always been uncertain how much the magnetic field actually interacts with its satellites." ...

The moons that orbit Uranus are already known to have unusual characteristics: some are heavily cratered, others have ...

Uranus has 28 confirmed moons, including five major moons. The closest of these large satellites is Miranda, followed by Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon — all named after characters from ...

For some context, Uranus' four largest moons -- Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon -- are all tidally locked. This means that one side of each moon constantly faces the planet while the other ...

The four moons in this study — Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon — are tidally locked to Uranus, so that they always show the same side to the planet. The side of the moon facing the direction of ...

However, new Hubble Space Telescope observations of Uranus' four largest moons — Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon — show no clear signs of the expected radiation damage, Christian Soto of ...