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NASA announced the discovery of the 29th satellite orbiting Uranus, designated S/2025 U1. The discovery was made by a team from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) on February 2, 2025. The new moon is estimated to be about 10 kilometers in diameter and orbits Uranus at a distance of roughly 56,000 kilometers. This finding expands our understanding of Uranus’s satellite system and provides new insights into the planet’s complex gravitational interactions. Such discoveries help astronomers study the history of planetary formation, the evolution of outer solar system bodies, and the dynamics of moons orbiting distant planets.