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Mar 28, 2020
3:55:04pm
byujdmba All-American
For your astronomical and scatalogical amusement
Either I'm getting cabin fever or a CNN intern decided to see how much they could get away with in an article about, you guessed it, Uranus.



Notable quotes:

Headline: "Scientists found a secret in old Voyager 2 data. This is why we need to revisit Uranus and Neptune"

"Only one spacecraft has flown near Uranus...Yet the wealth of data...is still revealing tantalizing hints and reminding scientists of why we need to go back."

"Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, and now, thanks to a little blip discovered in some data, NASA scientists know it also flew through a plasmoid. A plasmoid is a giant magnetic bubble that likely pinched off part of the planet's atmosphere, sending it out into space."

"A 60-second zigzag in Voyager 2's magnetometer readings, which measured the strength and direction of the planet's magnetic field, revealed what looked like a plasmoid to them. It's the first time one has been detected escaping Uranus."

"The plasmoid ... resembled a cylinder..."

"Scientists are currently exploring future opportunities to visit Uranus and Neptune," DiBraccio said. "This includes mission concepts that would send spacecraft to orbit one of these planets and even send a probe into its atmosphere.""

"At Uranus, the five major moons are very different."

"Neptune's moon Triton is of interest because of the methane geysers on it."

"As scientists, we are really eager to study Uranus"

OK. Back to Netflix.
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