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Hubble Discovers Dark Spot on Uranus

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the matches-dark-spot-on-my-soul dept.

TheDawgLives writes "Just as we near the end of the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, winds whirl and clouds churn 2 billion miles away in the atmosphere of Uranus, forming a dark vortex large enough to engulf two-thirds of the United States."

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  1. Dark Spot on Uranus? by Kimos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Must... resist... bad... jokes...

    1. Re:Dark Spot on Uranus? by draxredd · · Score: 5, Funny

      are you implying that the sun don't shine on Uranus ?

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  2. any way to forecast this? by jeffs72 · · Score: 5, Funny
    "forming a dark vortex large enough to engulf two-thirds of the United States."

    I'd like to know when this will happen so I can move to, say, Canada.

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  3. Found a what on the what now? by 0xdeadbeef · · Score: 5, Funny

    Farnsworth: I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all.

    Fry: Oh. What's it called now?

    Farnsworth: Urrectum. Here, let me locate it for you.

  4. Please lay off the Uranus jokes by theskipper · · Score: 5, Funny

    It just makes you look desperate for a +5 funny.

    The poor planet has been the butt of far too many attempts at humor.

    1. Re:Please lay off the Uranus jokes by Stupidfat · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hopefully we can get past all this and everything will come out alright in the end.

  5. Uranus is a gas giant... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    and it has a dark spot... I wish I could say I am mature enough not to laugh, but I'm not.