Posted on 04/12/2024 2:16:26 PM PDT by algore
Scientists have found methane deep within Uranus - revealing the blue planet is gassier than previously thought.
Early experiments of Uranus found the planet is primarily made up of Helium and hydrogen with a touch of methane, but a new study said it considerably outstrips previous expectations.
What's odd about the methane though, is it isn't in gas-form but is frozen or 'mushy,' - like a 7-eleven Slurpee - and is lodged in Uranus's core.
Researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology and University of California Santa Cruz revealed that despite findings that said Uranus is made up entirely of ice, roughly 10 percent is actually methane.
The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed said the classification of Uranus as an 'ice giant' may no longer be accurate and the vast amounts of methane could have helped the planet form.
Much about Uranus is still unknown because it is located 1.9 billion miles from earth, but because the solar system is constantly moving, the distance changes daily, reaching two billion miles apart.
It has only had one spacecraft fly by it in history, the Voyager 2, in the 1980s, leaving scientists with the belief that the planet it made up entirely of ice.
To get a better understanding, the researchers developed hundreds of thousands of models of Uranus' inside and tried to determine which model most closely resembled the ice giant's mass and radius.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I know, it’s mind boggling!
You’re in the lead, but it’s early!
“Uranus has never looked better” Nasa has joked, as it released a new telescope image that shows the planet in more detail than ever before.
The stunning image of the ice giant has been captured by the US space agency’s James Webb Space Telescope.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/nasa-uranus-joke-james-webb-space-telescope-b1072836.html
Some jokes just write themselves.
“Our top story tonight: NASA sends probe to Uranus. People everywhere giggle.”
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UranusIsShowing
Oh Gnarrrrrly!
What does toilet paper and the Star Trek Enterprise have in common? They both circle Uranus looking for a Klingon. .
While traveling to the eclipse, I saw a billboard in Indianapolis that said,
“The Best Fudge Comes from Uranus”
-Uranus Fudge Factory.
Uranus: The gassy giant.
Film at 11.
1. Methane comes from organic material. So how did it get way out there.
2. Methane is a greenhouse gas. So it should cause global warming, not freezing on that planet.
I read somewhere that Uranus does smell like your anus. So, how did they know that when it was named?
READ MORE: Uranus and Neptune have secret MOONS
Wiki tells us that Uranus has 28 moons, which is not at all surprising.
Would you believe the asteroids, comets and meteors are from planet Earth? See the story of Noah’s Flood in Gen 7:11.
Video below is a depiction of the hydroplate theory proposed by Dr. Walt Brown PhD - creationscience.com is a free online book of his over 4 decades of research.
I use Imodium
The story is not complete without a picture of that gas expert, Sheila Jackson Lee.
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