Scientists have found a 28th moon around Uranus. In keeping with tradition, they plan to name it after a Shakespearean character. Scholar Michael Dobson weighs in on the suggested name, "Violenta." ...

Like the other Uranian moons, S/2023 U1 will eventually be named after a character from the plays of William Shakespeare, joining the likes of previously discovered moons such as Titania, Oberon ...

A recent study looked at the planet’s largest moons: Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, and Miranda (Uniquely, Uranus has moons named after characters created by Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.) ...

23 April marks the 450th birthday of William Shakespeare, the world-revered English playwright whose influence on the language is still felt today. IBTimes UK looks at some of the most unusual ...

Titania is the largest moon of Uranus and is named after the queen of the fairies in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Oberon is the second-largest and is named after the mythical king of ...

The next largest moon of Uranus is Oberon, which takes its name from the king of the fairies in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." This moon has a diameter of around 946 miles (1,500 km) .

Rebecca Sheir, host of the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series, shares insights into this celestial connection, noting that out of the 27 known moons of Uranus, all but two are named after ...

More study this moon of Uranus in much greater detail than ever before. Discovered in 1948 by Gerard Peter Kuiper, Miranda is named for the daughter of the wily Prospero in Shakespeare's "The ...

Uranus' moon Miranda. This image was taken during the Voyager flyby in 1986. NASA/JPL/USGS. Almost a century would pass before the discovery of more moons around Uranus, with Dutch astronomer and ...