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underpants

(182,839 posts) Sat Apr 15, 2017, 08:18 AM Apr 2017

Hubble just spotted something massive coming out of Uranus

Rob Waugh for Metro.co.uk
Tuesday 11 Apr 2017 12:30 pm

The Hubble space telescope has spotted a huge shimmering region on Uranus – and it’s caused by powerful bursts of solar wind.

Scientists from the Paris Observatory used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to take a look at the auroras on Uranus, which are caused by streams of charged particles like electrons that come from various origins such as solar winds, the planetary ionosphere, and moon volcanism.

The auroras on Jupiter and Saturn have been well-studied, but the auroras on the giant ice planet Uranus remain something of a mystery.
The first images of Uranus taken from Earth were shot in 2011 by the NASA Hubble.

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/11/hubble-just-spotted-something-massive-coming-out-of-uranus-6567896/#ixzz4eJtTSmda

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Hubble just spotted something massive coming out of Uranus (Original Post) underpants Apr 2017 OP

Am I the only one lindysalsagal Apr 2017 #1

My first thought L. Coyote Apr 2017 #2

More about Uranus underpants Apr 2017 #3

LMAO Chasstev365 Apr 2017 #4

OMG jehop61 Apr 2017 #14

A powerful wind blasting out of Uranus HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #5

This discovery calls for an encore of A Mighty Wind !! Achilleaze Apr 2017 #7

A Mighty Wind, to be sure. lindysalsagal Apr 2017 #20

Wait, the posters name is Underpants? Chasstev365 Apr 2017 #6

:-) underpants Apr 2017 #8

Don't you sort of wish you'd said- rzemanfl Apr 2017 #9

Not mine! I sweat to Gawd! MoonRiver Apr 2017 #10

Moooooooonriver underpants Apr 2017 #11

LOL, touche underpants! MoonRiver Apr 2017 #12

:-) underpants Apr 2017 #15

As long as I've "known" you, I never knew that. MoonRiver Apr 2017 #17

Here's the image. hedda_foil Apr 2017 #13

Wow! Thanks! ...nt 2naSalit Apr 2017 #19

Should have stayed away from the Taco Bell Kilgore Apr 2017 #16

So, U'r the one! MoonRiver Apr 2017 #18

lindysalsagal

(20,693 posts)

1. Am I the only one

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat Apr 15, 2017, 08:20 AM

Apr 2017

who was expecting a punchline involving orange skin and yellow hair?

Anything?

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

2. My first thought

Reply to lindysalsagal (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 15, 2017, 08:24 AM

Apr 2017

"Not mine." Must be that grade school influence still burning brightly.

underpants

(182,839 posts)

3. More about Uranus

Reply to lindysalsagal (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 15, 2017, 08:26 AM

Apr 2017

They tracked the interplanetary shocks caused by two powerful bursts of solar wind travelling from the sun to Uranus, then used Hubble to capture their effect on Uranus’ auroras – and found themselves observing the most intense auroras ever seen on the planet.

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/11/hubble-just-spotted-something-massive-coming-out-of-uranus-6567896/#ixzz4eJvks18M