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See Uranus like NEVER before! Scientists capture incredible 3D view of the planet – revealing details in the upper atmosphere for the first time
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Posted on 02/22/2026 6:03:31 AM PST by BenLurkin

A new 3D map of Uranus is shedding light on one of the solar system's most mysterious planets.

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scientists observed the ice giant for nearly a full rotation, revealing the inner workings of its upper atmosphere for the first time.

The team, led by Paola Tiranti from Northumbria University, mapped out the temperature and density of ions in the electrically–charged layer that sits 3,100 miles (5,000km) above the cloud tops.


(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; jwst; paolatiranti; planets; proctology; science; solarsystem; uranus; uranusin3d

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1 posted on 02/22/2026 6:03:31 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Too easy 😁


2 posted on 02/22/2026 6:04:29 AM PST by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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To: BenLurkin

Fry: Hey, as long as you don’t make me smell Uranus. (laughs)

Leela: I don’t get it.

Farnsworth: I’m sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all.

Fry: Oh. What’s it called now?

Farnsworth: Urectum.


3 posted on 02/22/2026 6:08:52 AM PST by Lazamataz (The quickest and easiest way to untold riches is to be elected to national office.)
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To: V_TWIN

Looks like pictures of my last colonoscopy.


4 posted on 02/22/2026 6:09:42 AM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships)
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To: BenLurkin

Look! There’s a Cling-on!


5 posted on 02/22/2026 6:11:11 AM PST by ArtDodger
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t want to see anyone’s anus, let alone Uranus in 3D.


6 posted on 02/22/2026 6:13:56 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (I wasn't expecting a kind of Spanish Inquisition.)
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To: BenLurkin

Just here for the ass jokes. Carry on.


7 posted on 02/22/2026 6:14:12 AM PST by Spacetrucker
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To: BenLurkin

Too early in the morning for frivolity.


8 posted on 02/22/2026 6:14:39 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: ArtDodger

A.K.A dinglebwrry ....


9 posted on 02/22/2026 6:14:56 AM PST by Spacetrucker
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To: Lazamataz

If men are from Mars, and women are from Venus, then all the other gender identities are from Uranus.


10 posted on 02/22/2026 6:30:21 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: tired&retired

Lol! Especially the tranny crowd.


11 posted on 02/22/2026 6:31:40 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (I wasn't expecting a kind of Spanish Inquisition.)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s not the procedure, it’s the prep.


12 posted on 02/22/2026 6:35:19 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money)
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To: BenLurkin

Why do th3y call them hemorroids? Shouldnt they be called asteroids?


13 posted on 02/22/2026 6:43:45 AM PST by Bob434 (NYWAYS)
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To: Bob434

I think you mean ass-teroids.


14 posted on 02/22/2026 6:47:38 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (I wasn't expecting a kind of Spanish Inquisition.)
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To: BenLurkin

Looks like a fish or frog egg ,LOL


15 posted on 02/22/2026 6:48:09 AM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: butlerweave

Any proctologists care to weigh in ?


16 posted on 02/22/2026 6:49:58 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: butlerweave

LOL


17 posted on 02/22/2026 7:00:57 AM PST by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: tired&retired

LOL


18 posted on 02/22/2026 7:01:23 AM PST by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: V_TWIN

Katie Couric again? Sheesh!


19 posted on 02/22/2026 7:15:44 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: BenLurkin

I’m just here to read the FReeper’s comments...


20 posted on 02/22/2026 7:38:59 AM PST by Afterguard (I often wonder what happens to people who ask me for directions.)
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