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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
In the end, does it really matter?
To: Grimmy
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posted on
11/29/2020 5:48:07 PM PST
by
ImJustAnotherOkie
(All I know is The I read in the papers.)
To: CheshireTheCat
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posted on
11/29/2020 5:49:30 PM PST
by
Coronal
To: CheshireTheCat
Uranus may leak gas into space at least once a day.
Ur anus, maybe...not mine.
To: blueunicorn6
“[I]t’s likely that the solar wind streaming from the Sun actually enters and flows through the magnetosphere rather than flowing around it.”
It appears Uranus is the victim of second-hand winding.
That or some sun is blowing wind up his...
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posted on
11/29/2020 5:52:11 PM PST
by
CheshireTheCat
("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
To: CheshireTheCat
I’ll have to remember that excuse.
“What? That wasn’t me, honey, that’s just the solar wind.”
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posted on
11/29/2020 5:56:51 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(2020 - The year of massive frauds. Impeachment - masks - lockdowns - Biden - elections...)
To: CheshireTheCat
Beans, beans, good for your heart
The more you eat...
To: CheshireTheCat
Attention: 50th annual bean supper tomorrow night at 6:00 in the church multi-purpose room. Music will follow.
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posted on
11/29/2020 6:04:21 PM PST
by
Migraine
( Liberalism is great (until it happens to YOU).)
To: CheshireTheCat
Uranus leaking gas? Don't we have enough problems with ozone and carbon dioxide?
/s
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posted on
11/29/2020 6:04:44 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(Not my circus, not my monkeys )
To: CheshireTheCat
And what tune does Uranus play? Neptune.
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posted on
11/29/2020 6:05:45 PM PST
by
Migraine
( Liberalism is great (until it happens to YOU).)
To: Migraine
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posted on
11/29/2020 6:06:40 PM PST
by
Migraine
( Liberalism is great (until it happens to YOU).)
To: CheshireTheCat
Uranus has 27 known natural satellites, sometimes called “dingleberries”.
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posted on
11/29/2020 6:07:27 PM PST
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("All men and women were created by the, you know, you know, the thing." -- Joe Biden 3/3/20)
To: CheshireTheCat
Well, if they ever colon-ize Uranus, they may be able to put that information to good use, in the interest of energy conservation, wind power, and other such nebulous subjects.
To: max americana
Right on the rim of a black hole.
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posted on
11/29/2020 6:09:23 PM PST
by
ImJustAnotherOkie
(All I know is The I read in the papers.)
To: rsobin
Only if you aren’t wiping properly.
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posted on
11/29/2020 6:09:39 PM PST
by
EvilCapitalist
(We must FIGHT, I repeat it sir, we must FIGHT! -Patrick Henry)
To: CheshireTheCat
Now we know where Saturn's rings came from....
Uranus emitted numerous dingle-berries over time.
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posted on
11/29/2020 6:10:50 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(White Confederate statue kills black man......Another month of protests.... (HT to seawolf101))
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Ha...great minds think alike.....even on dingleberries,
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posted on
11/29/2020 6:13:18 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(White Confederate statue kills black man......Another month of protests.... (HT to seawolf101))
To: CheshireTheCat
We need to send a rocket full of Gas-X to Uranus
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posted on
11/29/2020 6:17:33 PM PST
by
OneVike
(Just another Christian waiting to go home)
To: CheshireTheCat
Leaking gas into space is not a problem. In the car or under the covers? That’s a problem.
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posted on
11/29/2020 6:18:57 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
("When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice." --Donald Trump)
To: CheshireTheCat
“What are you,” he said to the headline writer, “12 years old?”
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posted on
11/29/2020 6:20:55 PM PST
by
Quality_Not_Quantity
(Eddie Ate Dynamite. Good Bye Eddie. Who can explain this mystery?)
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