Uranus is leaking gas

BGR ^ | 06/26/2020

[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.”

[sauropod]

Saw it earlier.

Enjoyed the hippo.

[Louis Foxwell]

Nonsense. You are not without unwanted odor. Uranus, just like every other, leaks gas, at times explosively.

[SunkenCiv]

Is that a model rocket in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?

[grey_whiskers]

The only headline that can TEMPORARILY give us a break from Coronavirus.

[Magnum44]

[rlmorel]

Here we go!

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[Cooter]

It was the dog, I’m Sirius

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[Bravada]

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[Magnum44]

[bitt]

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[NobleFree]

Uranus was the father of Titans.

[PGalt]

Pete’s husband caused it.

[Revel]

Dang. They obviously use too much hair spray on Uranus.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Swordmaker]

“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.” — Well, gee, that’s an Electric/plasma Universe phenomena. . . but it’s more indicative of what would be expected after having ejected a planetismal, not having been struck by an object.—ELECTRIC UNIVERSE PING!

Clear Example of a Birkeland Current
"Z" Pinch with Symmetrical Plasmids
seen in Hubble Telescope View of
The Twin Jet Nebula
ELECTRIC/PLASMA UNIVERSE PING!

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[dp0622]

lol

[thoughtomator]

Let’s just say there could be a straightforward explanation to the “bizarre rotation and distinct wobble”.