March 13, 1781: British astronomer William Herschel discovers Uranus – the first new planet discovered since ancient times – while searching for faint stars.
Uranus emits more energy than it gets from the sun, two new studies report — a discovery that contradicts findings from the venerable Voyager spacecraft.
When Voyager 2 sped past Uranus on January 24, 1986, the spacecraft detected no significant excess heat from the planet, making it seemingly unique among the sun’s giant worlds. However, new observations from space- and ground-based telescopes reveal that Uranus does in fact radiate more energy than sunlight provides, two research teams report in work submitted to arXiv.org in late February.
“Uranus is not as odd as we thought it was,” says planetary scientist Patrick Irwin of the University of Oxford, a coauthor on one of the studies.
Both teams say that Uranus, which takes 84 years to orbit the sun, reflects a bit more sunlight into space than Voyager had found. This means that the sun heats the planet less than previously thought, suggesting that Uranus must generate some heat to explain its temperature. more
MORE THAN WHOOPI GOLDBERG??
That headline made me chuckle.
Guess someone needs to stay off of Grndr for a spell and take antibiotics for a week.
No, Uranus takes one year to go around the sun. That year may be 84 earth years long, but for Uranus it is one year.
Whose anus?
Just so long as it’s not emitting gas.
maybe yours is, but not mine
And here I thought the Leftists were offering their Talking Points aka BITCHING about something again because everything they say comes from their asses.
That reminds me, I was just thinking yesterday that BFH used to have headlines that were structured so that we could put in a fun name and then it would show up funny in the comments feed.
It emits more gas too.
They’ll have to raise taxes to curb youranus warming.
New Taco Bell slogan.
Just don’t pull my finger and we will all be alright.
Uranus, myanus, they’re both hot.
I know it conflicts with middle- school humor but the planets name is pronounced like “urine-US” not “YOUR anus”
The Uranus fart – the smelliest fart in the universe.
CT Ginger
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 14:31 at 2:31 pm
“I know it conflicts with middle- school humor but the planets name is pronounced like “urine-US” not “YOUR anus””
https://youtu.be/0czFnIvKOJY?si=I2IdBD2uN-Swx8uT