• Hubble spots new storms in Uranus.
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[QUOTE=Megadave;46505110]Uranus is also a greek god.[/QUOTE] Not so much a god. His union with Gaia generated the Titans, and these generated the Gods.
[QUOTE=SexualShark;46505235]no thanks[/QUOTE] pffft
[QUOTE=Cmx;46506157]Hubble can take pictures of a galaxy millions of light years away and have it look amazing and this is the best they give us of Uranus?[/QUOTE] Compared to a galaxy, while uranus is way closer, it is also many times smaller. Also I think some asteroids have impacted Uranus.
[QUOTE=Cmx;46506157]Hubble can take pictures of a galaxy millions of light years away and have it look amazing and this is the best they give us of Uranus?[/QUOTE] If I remember correctly, Hubble has to stay oriented at whatever it is looking at for [I]weeks[/I] in order to gather enough light to generate a nice looking image. The image of Uranus you're looking at is probably quick and dirty because Hubble has more important things to look at, not to mention the fact that mecaguy03 pointed out: in comparison to a galaxy or nebula, Uranus is tiny, so producing an image with high clarity and detail from far away is hard. It's like the difference between looking at the face of a mountain from 5 km away as opposed to looking at the head of a pin from 5 meters away. The pin might be closer but you'll pick out more details in the mountain because it's way bigger.
Looks like Uranus had some celestial Taco Bell.
Uranus is always the butt of the joke.
uranus was castrated with a sickle by his son, cronus the titan, at the behest of his partner gaia his testicles fell into the sea, and from the foam that spilled from them, aphrodite, god of love was born
Articles like this must be the bane of a proud, hard-working science magazine editor's existence. Do they go to extreme lengths scouring the carefully worded article to remove as many potential rectal puns as possible or just tearfully go to print in resignation?
[QUOTE=Lambda 217;46508557]uranus was castrated with a sickle by his son, cronus the titan, at the behest of his partner gaia his testicles fell into the sea, and from the foam that spilled from them, aphrodite, god of love was born[/QUOTE] Wait, isn't Gaia his grandmother? Oh greek gods u so incestuous.
I tend to pronounce Uranus as "your-ron-is". Easier to say with a straight face.
[QUOTE=Ryu-Gi;46508725]I tend to pronounce Uranus as "your-ron-is". Easier to say with a straight face.[/QUOTE] [url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/En-us-Uranus%282%29.oga]Which is actually a totally valid and correct way to pronounce it[/url]
I swear I saw this [B] exact [/B] thread last time Uranus news was posted....
[QUOTE=Furioso;46506540]in comparison to a galaxy or nebula, Uranus is tiny, so producing an image with high clarity and detail from far away is hard. It's like the difference between looking at the face of a mountain from 5 km away as opposed to looking at the head of a pin from 5 meters away. The pin might be closer but you'll pick out more details in the mountain because it's way bigger.[/QUOTE] That's probably the best comparison I've seen of that yet.
I wonder how fast is the wind coming from Uranus?
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