Hubble captures rare transit of Uranus by icy moon Ariel
The Hubble Space Telescope collected a first-ever image of the icy moon Ariel transiting the surface of Uranus, with the white moon casting its dark shadow on the planet's cloud tops. Because Uranus spins on an axis almost directly in line with its orbital plane, and its moons orbit above the planet...
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