Moons of Uranus Will Collide in Distant Future
Alison Klesman, Astronomy
Discovered in 1781, Uranus is an ice giant orbiting our Sun once every 84 Earth years. This mysterious world, which appears as just a tiny dot in most amateur telescopes, not only possesses a system of thin, faint rings, but also 27 moons (by our current count). However, at least one of those things is destined to change: new measurements indicate at least two likely collisions between four of the planet's moons millions of years in the future.
Discovered in 1781, Uranus is an ice giant orbiting our Sun once every 84 Earth years. This mysterious world, which appears as just a tiny dot in most amateur telescopes, not only possesses a system of thin, faint rings, but also 27 moons (by our current count). However, at least one of those things is destined to change: new measurements indicate at least two likely collisions between four of the planet's moons millions of years in the future.