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Uranus is leaking gas
BGR ^
| 06/26/2020
Posted on 03/26/2020 7:20:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin
As NASA reports in a new post, researchers recently discovered that Voyager 2 cruised through a blob of charged gas called a plasmoid as it passed the planet. The spacecraft’s journey through the plasmoid lasted only about a minute, but that was still long enough for scientists to spot the anomaly in the decades-old data.
The scientists believe that gas loss may have already drained as much 55% of the planet’s atmosphere. Loss of atmosphere resulting in plasmoids has been observed around other planets in our solar system, including Saturn and Jupiter, though it’s thought that Uranus has leaked far more of its gas than the rest.
Uranus is an incredibly strange planet when compared to its peers in our system. It rotates on its side, making it an immediate standout. On top of that, it has a distinct wobble that astronomers have been trying to explain for a long time. It’s believed that a massive object slammed into Uranus a long time ago, and its bizarre movement today is a direct result of that event.
“The data revealed a helical bundle of magnetic flux containing planetary plasma, known as a ‘plasmoid,’ in the tail of the magnetosphere,” the researchers write in a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters. “This first observation of a plasmoid in an Ice Giant magnetosphere elucidates processes that occur in the magnetosphere of Uranus and suggests that plasmoids may play a large role in transporting plasma.”
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; jupiter; magnetosphere; mikewehner; planetaryplasma; plasmoid; saturn; science; uranus; voyager2
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03/26/2020 7:20:45 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Maybe yours is but mine isn’t.
To: BenLurkin
no sh . .
never mind. Too easy.
To: BenLurkin
Can we sent Pelosi there to plug the hole?
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03/26/2020 7:22:28 PM PDT
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mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
To: BenLurkin
There is no way you could have heard that. It was loud, but to be heard across state lines? Yeah right.
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03/26/2020 7:22:51 PM PDT
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LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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03/26/2020 7:23:18 PM PDT
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moovova
To: JonPreston
Oh, butt it will. It will.
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03/26/2020 7:23:59 PM PDT
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Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: BenLurkin
The result of stale kidney beans from my stash. The cat caught on fire.
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03/26/2020 7:24:21 PM PDT
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dynachrome
(The panic will end, the tyranny will not)
To: BenLurkin
My wife hasn’t complained.
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03/26/2020 7:24:23 PM PDT
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fso301
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03/26/2020 7:24:45 PM PDT
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bankwalker
(Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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03/26/2020 7:25:11 PM PDT
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Behind Liberal Lines
(Their side circles the wagons. Our side revs up the bus)
To: BenLurkin
Some jokes just write themselves.
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03/26/2020 7:25:19 PM PDT
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BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: Magnum44
To: BenLurkin
Someone thinks they are clever.
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03/26/2020 7:25:49 PM PDT
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Harmless Teddy Bear
(Leave it to me to be holdin' the matches when the fire truck shows up & there's nobody else to blame)
To: BenLurkin
I hate it when that happens.
To: BenLurkin
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03/26/2020 7:26:29 PM PDT
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Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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03/26/2020 7:27:33 PM PDT
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bankwalker
(Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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03/26/2020 7:27:38 PM PDT
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a fool in paradise
(Everyone knows Hillary was corrupt, lied, destroyed documents, and influenced witnesses. Rat crime.)
To: BenLurkin
and I thought the Babylon Bee was funny...
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03/26/2020 7:27:43 PM PDT
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Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: BenLurkin
Hopefully there are no Klingons circling Uranus
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03/26/2020 7:28:58 PM PDT
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ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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