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Old gas blob from Uranus found in vintage Voyager 2 data
Space.com ^
| March 26, 2020
| Meghan Bartels
Posted on 03/27/2020 6:50:38 AM PDT by C19fan
Buried inside data that NASA's iconic Voyager 2 spacecraft gathered at Uranus more than 30 years ago is the signature of a massive bubble that may have stolen a blob of the planet's gassy atmosphere. That's according to scientists who analyzed archived Voyager 2 observations of the magnetic field around Uranus. These measurements had been studied before, but only using a relatively coarse view. In the new research, scientists instead looked at those measurements every two seconds. That detail showed what had previously been missed: an abrupt zigzag in the magnetic field readings that lasted just one minute of the spacecraft's 45-hour journey past Uranus.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; magnetosphere; mikewehner; planetaryplasma; planets; plasmoid; science; uranus; voyager2
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High risk of this thread is going to be pulled?
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posted on
03/27/2020 6:50:38 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
My finger is going to be pulled.
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posted on
03/27/2020 6:51:19 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: C19fan
Old gas blob from Uranus...A lot of potential material here.
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posted on
03/27/2020 6:52:16 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
(Kill the deep state or lose the Republic.)
To: C19fan
I am thankful it is on Uranus.
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posted on
03/27/2020 6:52:53 AM PDT
by
Codeflier
(Covid-19 taught me: Two types of "conservatives", frightened safety seekers vs. freedom lovers)
To: C19fan
I thought Joe Biden was from Scranton.
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posted on
03/27/2020 6:53:19 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: C19fan
more than 30 years ago Geez, that was 30 years ago. Can't we just forget about it?
To: C19fan
Well, we now know that Uranus isn’t constipated.
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posted on
03/27/2020 6:54:40 AM PDT
by
Wizdum
To: C19fan
What’s keeping it from escaping? Oh. Right. Klingons.
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posted on
03/27/2020 6:55:24 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: C19fan
Who knew Swalwell was involved in the space program?
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posted on
03/27/2020 6:56:40 AM PDT
by
LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
(Our parents/grandparents were called to war. We have been called to sit on the couch. We got this!!)
To: C19fan
The Greeks think the sky came from uranus.
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posted on
03/27/2020 6:58:27 AM PDT
by
Wuli
To: C19fan
Egad!! There's more of them?
To: C19fan
Stop talkin’ about my MIL.
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posted on
03/27/2020 7:01:13 AM PDT
by
Drango
(1776 = 2020)
To: C19fan
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posted on
03/27/2020 7:02:31 AM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
03/27/2020 7:03:22 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
03/27/2020 7:04:19 AM PDT
by
angmo
(America invented the Moon, so we could go there.)
To: C19fan
An old gas blob. I’m going to remember that and use it the next time I need an insult for Hillary.
To: C19fan
Caused by space burritos.
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posted on
03/27/2020 7:04:28 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: C19fan
That headline means it is probably Babylon Bee.
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posted on
03/27/2020 7:04:50 AM PDT
by
Sapwolf
(Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty. -Sowell)
To: C19fan
Dang, I was wondering what I did with it!
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posted on
03/27/2020 7:05:01 AM PDT
by
dforest
(Just shut up Obama. Maybe everyone should just shut up. Particularly Mutt Romney)
To: C19fan
Man, the gags write themselves here...
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posted on
03/27/2020 7:05:57 AM PDT
by
TalBlack
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