A thread for Uranus

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Space Images | Hubble Tracks Clouds on Uranus

Uranus is developing a gas bubble.

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[semipenguin]

Space Images | Hubble Tracks Clouds on Uranus

Uranus is developing a gas bubble.

Viagra ice cream

 

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[scotchandcigar]

Scientists have discovered X-rays coming from Uranus | CNN

Uranus is emitting X-rays, and scientists want to take a closer look.

www.cnn.com

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Twitter users asked to name Uranus probe – and it went pretty much how you’d expect - National | Globalnews.ca

If you ask people on Twitter to name a probe to Uranus, they're going to deliver.

globalnews.ca

 

[Wolf]

Hmm?

Operation Preparation H
Anal Cavity

 

[sadchild]

That list at the bottom of the page is a riot (to a mentally 12 year old like myself)

A few highlights:

Charmin
Mission Colonoscopy
Prostate Exam
Suppository

 

[scotchandcigar]

NASA releases new images of Uranus, offering glimpse of one rarely seen feature

“With Webb’s unparalleled infrared resolution and sensitivity, astronomers now see Uranus and its unique features with groundbreaking new clarity,” NASA said.

nypost.com

 

[sadchild]

Why yes Myanus does have unique features. Thanks for noticing!

 

[scotchandcigar]

3 new moons discovered around Uranus and Neptune will be named after Shakespeare characters and Greek goddesses

The International Astronomical Union has confirmed the existence of three currently unnamed moons — one around Uranus and two orbiting Neptune.

www.livescience.com

 

[Channel98]

DRC members – except for myself, of course – pronounce the name of the planet as "Your anus." Astronomers pronounce it as "YOOR-uh-nus." The planet is named for Ouranos (pronounced "oor-uh-NOHSS" in Greek), the Greek god of the sky and father of the Titans.

 

[scotchandcigar]

DRC members – except for myself, of course – pronounce the name of the planet as "Your anus." Astronomers pronounce it as "YOOR-uh-nus." The planet is named for Ouranos (pronounced "oor-uh-NOHSS" in Greek), the Greek god of the sky and father of the Titans.

This may be true; but as someone who has been around for a while, I seem to remember that in the olden days, people said your-ANUS, and snickered. Then one day, some scientists launched a campaign to pronounce it YOOR-uh-nus. And it went over about as well as the metric system.

 

[sadchild]

Oh yuh.. URINE-us is so much better than your-ANUS

It's kinda like when the news stations were getting crap for saying sexual hahr-ASS-ment, so they started saying HĂR-iss-ment instead.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Uranus In 4K - James Webb Space Telescope Sees The Planet, Rings And Moons

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured amazing new imagery of Uranus along with its rings and moons. The footage shows the moons Titania, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel and Puck. Credit; Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. DePasquale (STScI), N. Bartmann | edited by Steve Spaleta

www.yahoo.com

 

[Channel98]

the news stations were getting crap for saying sexual hahr-ASS-ment, so they started saying HĂR-iss-ment instead.

"Harass" rhymes with "embarrass." Have you hever heard anyone pronounce "embarrass" as "em-bare-ASS"? News anchors were wrong to change the pronunciation. This is from the Dictionary-dot-com website:

"harass , a 17th-century borrowing from French, has traditionally been pronounced in English as [har-uhs], with stress on the first syllable. A newer pronunciation, [huh-ras], has developed in North American (but not British) English and has become the more common one in the U.S., especially among younger speakers."

 

[scotchandcigar]

Uranus and Neptune aren't made of what we thought, new study hints

A study suggests the ice giants Uranus and Neptune aren't quite as watery as previously thought. They may also contain huge amounts of frozen methane, potentially solving the puzzle of how they formed.

www.livescience.com

A new study suggests they may also have tons of methane.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Uranus and Neptune aren't made of what we thought, new study hints

A study suggests the ice giants Uranus and Neptune aren't quite as watery as previously thought. They may also contain huge amounts of frozen methane, potentially solving the puzzle of how they formed.

www.livescience.com

A new study suggests they may also have tons of methane.

It's not a stretch to realize that Uranus is full of methane.

 

[Channel98]

>Snort snort, snicker snicker, tee-hee<

 

[Wolf]

The MLS franchise Houston Dynamo had some fun with Uranus with a new sponsor.