"Discovery of 3 New Tiny Moons Orbiting Uranus and Neptune"
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Astronomers have discovered three new moons in our solar system, two around Neptune and one around Uranus, using powerful telescopes in Hawaii and Chile. This brings the total number of known moons for Neptune to 16 and Uranus to 28. One of Neptune's new moons has the longest known orbital journey, taking around 27 years to complete one lap around the planet, while the new moon orbiting Uranus is estimated to have a diameter of just 5 miles. There is speculation that there may be many more smaller moons yet to be discovered.
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