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Uranus may leak gas into space at least once a day
BGR.com ^ | November 16, 2020 | Mike Wehner

Posted on 11/29/2020 5:26:35 PM PST by CheshireTheCat

Uranus is weird. It’s unlike any other planet in our solar system for a number of reasons, but its most bizarre feature is that it rotates at a roughly 90-degree angle to all the other planets. Scientists believe that its strange orientation is due to an impact that the planet sustained early in its life, but they’re just beginning to understand how this particular circumstance is affecting the planet on a day-to-day basis.

In a new paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, scientists explain that, based on models of the planet and its magnetosphere, it’s likely that the solar wind streaming from the Sun actually enters and flows through the magnetosphere rather than flowing around it....

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Humor; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: lowhangingfruit; uranus; youranus
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To: CheshireTheCat

Uranus needs a mask!


121 posted on 11/30/2020 5:49:36 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Yours might and mine might. But I don’t think Jennifer Aniston’s does,,,,,does it? .....she’s too hot. Say it ain’t so Joe!


122 posted on 11/30/2020 6:01:47 AM PST by vespa300 (q)
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To: Elsie

we cannot be free of the stench of puns and toilet humor.


123 posted on 11/30/2020 6:02:42 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Uranus us the only planet using a Greek-ish moniker (Ouranos is the original name).

If it had been named using Roman names like the rest of the planets it would be called Caelus.

But then we wouldn’t be able to make fart jokes about it.


124 posted on 11/30/2020 6:16:16 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: BigEdLB

I eat lots of beans. I need the jet propulsion help to get around the house at my age.


125 posted on 11/30/2020 6:39:13 AM PST by oldasrocks
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To: CheshireTheCat
"Hey, Bob. How's work going on the Uranus team?"
"Oh, they just re-orged and I got assigned to the Sphincter Analysis project."
[snicker] "Bummer. Let's have lunch soon. Uh ... wash your hands, okay?"
126 posted on 11/30/2020 7:07:31 AM PST by IronJack
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To: CheshireTheCat

It’s tragic that wry humor is beyond your ken.


127 posted on 11/30/2020 9:43:22 AM PST by calenel (Tree of Liberty is thirsty.)
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To: clearcarbon

That would become a deadly projectile in these here parts.


128 posted on 11/30/2020 10:37:46 AM PST by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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