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New Moon of Uranus Discovered

Posted by timothy on from the new-moon-of-uranus-keep-on-shinin' dept.

paulnuyu writes "A group of international astronomers have found a new moon orbitting Uranus. This brings Uranus's total moon count to 21. The newly discovered moon is speculated to be a remaining fragment from a collision that occured when the solar sytem was still forming."

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  1. Guauuuuuuu by ivanandre · · Score: 0, Redundant

    A new moon in Uranus?

    Hemorroids

  2. Score 5 [Funny] by tongue · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Did anyone else giggle when they read that scientists had found "a new moon orbiting uranus"?

  3. That's no moon. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's a space station.