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brestugo
03/27/20 12:32:52 PM
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https://www.sciencealert.com/uranus-atmosphere-is-leaking-gas-into-space

"Poor old Uranus just can't seem to catch a break. Something already tipped the planet on its side, so its orbit is perpendicular to those of the other Solar System planets. It probably smells terrible. And now scientists have discovered that the atmosphere of Uranus is leaking out into space.

Hidden in the data from Voyager 2's historic 1986 encounter with the icy planet, and undiscovered until now, was the presence of a plasmoid - a pocket of atmospheric material being funnelled away from Uranus by the planet's magnetic field.

It's the first time a plasmoid has been spotted in connection with an ice giant, and it doesn't just show us that Uranus' atmosphere is leaking. It's also revealing some of the dynamics of this planet's peculiar, twisted magnetic field.

Actually, leaky atmospheres aren't that uncommon. It's called atmospheric escape, and it's how Mars, for example, turned from what we think was quite a damp planet into a dusty barren wasteland. Venus is leaking hydrogen. Jupiter's moon Io and Saturn's moon Titan are leaking. Even Earth is losing about 90 tonnes of atmospheric material a day (don't worry, we have around 5,140 trillion tonnes, it will take a long time to completely disappear)."

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PatrickMahomes
03/27/20 12:33:55 PM
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lmfao hahahahah

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Sariana21
03/27/20 12:34:03 PM
#3:


Ouch.

And there's a toilet paper shortage to boot.

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BlackSheep715
03/27/20 12:34:24 PM
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It's like life WANTS there to be jokes about it

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nevershine
03/27/20 12:37:10 PM
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Poor little stinky, leaky, sideways Uranus

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Strider102
03/27/20 12:39:10 PM
#6:


Uranus at least made sure it was away from the other planets to let one rip.



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brestugo
03/27/20 4:50:12 PM
#7:


bump

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Pogo_Marimo
03/27/20 5:08:20 PM
#8:


I've come to hate most pop-science websites.

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03/27/20 5:09:04 PM
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Verdekal
03/27/20 5:10:19 PM
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But is there still a ring of debris?

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Zack_Attackv1
03/27/20 5:10:21 PM
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Big deal. She's been leaking into Neptune for the last 28 years.
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DundiesAward
03/27/20 5:42:04 PM
#12:


lmao

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Damn_Underscore
03/27/20 5:45:51 PM
#13:


Pluto and Ceres are both planets prove me wrong
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Machete
03/27/20 6:00:59 PM
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I've watched videos with "hear how other planets sound" (based on magnetic fields and what not). Would have been a perfect opportunity to troll and make Uranus do fart noises, but I don't remember that so it must not have happened in said videos.
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