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🚀 - Space - Scientists from NASA have been studying Uranus through the Hubble telescope and during this time they have seen many bursts of solar wind hit the planet. Then they realized that this wind was behind huge intense auroras coming of Uranus which then circled the planet. It was also said that the magnetic poles that disappeared in Uranus during 1986 have now been found.
[...] The findings are one part of a study that is ongoing into auroras found on other planets. Just as when they happen on Earth, the light shows are spectacular on other planets. They are caused by the solar winds charged particles or cosmic rays that get caught by the ionosphere of the planet and magnetic field and then crash into the gas particles, which then creates bursts of light, which are seen by astronomers or the inhabitants of the planet.
Some of the first pictures of Uranus were taken by Voyager 2 in 1986 and since that time NASA has relied on telescopes that are based on Earth for pictures. The Hubble telescope first took photographs of Uranus when the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph that had been installed on the telescope was repaired and it went back into service. In 2012 and 2014 ultraviolet photos had been taken. The timing was in coordination with two huge bursts of wind tracked to Uranus which caused the huge auroras.
http://www.disclose.tv/news/nasa_captured_something_huge_coming_out_of_uranus/138523
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Additional reading:
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2017/hubble-spots-auroras-on-uranus
http://www.space.com/36416-uranus-auroras-hubble-voyager-photos.html
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday April 15 2017, @10:14AM (7 children)
Let me guess, flying monkeys
Sorry
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 15 2017, @10:28AM (5 children)
Was it a clickbait monkey?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday April 15 2017, @10:33AM (4 children)
All monkeys are clickbait. Well known fact.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 15 2017, @02:21PM
Except for the wonky ones, they just want to fix your grammar.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday April 15 2017, @02:45PM (2 children)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 15 2017, @07:02PM
I see what you did there, nice.
(Score: 2) by boxfetish on Sunday April 16 2017, @02:26AM
Daylight come and he wan' go home
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 15 2017, @02:51PM
The headline reminds me of the time I had to drag my 4th grade son to the library to find a book to read for an overdue book report. He didn't want to, and dragged his feet complaining the whole time. A few minutes inside the library I hear this being shouted across the room... "Hey dad, can I do a book report on Uranus?" Smartass.