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.

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Too easy 😁
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.
Looks like pictures of my last colonoscopy.
Look! There’s a Cling-on!
I don’t want to see anyone’s anus, let alone Uranus in 3D.
Just here for the ass jokes. Carry on.
Too early in the morning for frivolity.
A.K.A dinglebwrry ....
If men are from Mars, and women are from Venus, then all the other gender identities are from Uranus.
Lol! Especially the tranny crowd.
It’s not the procedure, it’s the prep.
Why do th3y call them hemorroids? Shouldnt they be called asteroids?
I think you mean ass-teroids.
Looks like a fish or frog egg ,LOL
Any proctologists care to weigh in ?
LOL
LOL
Katie Couric again? Sheesh!
I’m just here to read the FReeper’s comments...
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