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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. Re:Dark Spot on Uranus? by Lazerf4rt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I challenge anybody to post a +5 Insightful comment about this story. It can't be done!

  2. Re:Dark Spot on Uranus? by strider44 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't worry, your post will get there. I admit I burst out laughing as soon as I read the headline but if you want something mildly insightful I might as well fill in something while I have the time.

    Is it any surprise that there's a dark spot on Uranus? Jupiter has a couple of huge cyclones raging on in there, so does Saturn. Both the planet's black spots are bigger than Uranus' anyway. Uranus is a gas giant, since there's going to be some wind going on there I'm not exactly shocked that huge cyclones have formed.

    Enormous cyclones I think are just a side-effect of gas giants. I don't think it's anything to get excited about.