An article published in the journal “Astronomy & Astrophysics” reports the results of a research on the five major moons of the planet Uranus. A team of researchers led by Örs H. Detre of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg, Germany, analyzed data collected by ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory using a new technique that made it possible to obtain new information from the weak signals obtained in the past to determine the physical characteristics of the moons Titania, Oberon, Umbriel, Ariel, and Miranda. The results indicate that they’re similar to the trans-Neptunian dwarf planets while they’re different from other moons of Uranus leaving open the possibility that they were captured by the planet after their formation.