Have scientists solved the mystery behind Uranus’ “Frankenstein” moon?

(Uranus’ patchwork moon, known as Miranda, as seen by NASA’s Voyager 2 probe in 1986 – Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Scientist’s may have finally figured out the reason behind the strange appearance of Uranus’ moon Miranda: the smallest and innermost moon which is often compared to Frankenstein’s monster due to its unusual patchwork surface.

Chandra X-ray Observatory discovers an exoplanet that ages its parent star

(This artist’s illustration depicts WASP-18b and its star – Photo Credit: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss)

A new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has found that a giant exoplanet, WASP-18b, is causing the star it orbits to act much older than it actually is, demonstrating that a massive planet can affect the behaviour of its parent star.

New study attempts to explain the Moon’s ‘lemon shape’

(Photo Credit: NASA/Kennedy)

There are several theories that attempt to explain the Moon’s unusual shape, but studying them has been difficult because the moon is covered with large basins and craters that mask its original form. However, new research has shed light on the satellite’s unusual bulges and argues that the Earth’s gravitational pull distorted the Moon into a ‘lemon shape’.