Answer - they are all Shakespearean characters and also moons of the planet Uranus. Nearly all of the planet's 27 moons have Shakespearean names, a tradition that dates back centuries. And now ...

[Related: Expect NASA to probe Uranus within the next 10 years.] At least 27 moons circle Uranus. The four largest are about two to three times smaller than Earth’s moon, with Ariel at about 720 ...

The size of Uranus' rings is controlled by the planet's five major moons, which are able to eject significant amounts of dust out of the Uranian system, according to new simulations designed to ...

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Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory reanalyzed data from the Voyager 2 mission which passed Uranus in the 1980s to look at the five largest of its 27 moons: Ariel, Umbriel ...

The newly reported observations of Voyager 2 — currently the only spacecraft to have visited Uranus — showed that one or two of the ice giant's 27 known moons are adding plasma particles into ...

Looking at data from NASA's Voyager 2 collected during the deep space probe's flyby of Uranus in January 1980, scientists have concluded that four of the planet's known 27 moons may have oceans ...

A new NASA study concludes four of Uranus' 27 moons likely have oceans locked under their icy crusts. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / J. DePasquale (STScI) Some of Uranus' moons likely have deep oceans ...

Two of the 27 moons orbiting Uranus may have active oceans hidden beneath their surface – and could be pumping material into space. The new proposal comes from data captured in 1986, when ...

Uranus has at least 27 moons, with the four largest ranging in size from Ariel, at 720 miles across, to Titania, which is 980 miles across. NASA says that scientists have long thought that Titania ...

Four of Uranus’s largest moons may contain an ocean layer beneath their icy crusts, according to a new study. Uranus has at least 27 moons circling it. And the first insights into the interior ...