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Hubble Discovers Dark Spot on Uranus

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. Hehehe by coop247 · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Dark spot on Uranus
    Come on, its just too easy sometimes.
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  2. White gloves by TheGreatOrangePeel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Haha. Uranus has a polyp.

  3. In related news... by Hollyfeld · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Astronomers will hold a conference to name the vortex - current frontruners include dirty penny and brown starfish.....

  4. Re:Dark Spot on Uranus? by tehcyder · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Must... resist... bad... jokes...
    Truly, a voice crying in the wilderness.
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  5. this coming mere days before by jimstapleton · · Score: 1, Redundant

    attempting to cover the problem of the jokes about the name "Uranus" by renaming the planet to "Urknickers"...

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  6. star trek joke by scharkalvin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "How is the USS Enterprise like a roll of toilet paper?"

    "They both go round Uranus looking for Klingons"

  7. Re:OMG by n2art2 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    reminds me of a favorite joke. . .

    What does Captin Kirk and toliet paper have in common???

    They both circle Urans in search of Klingons.

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  8. A dark spot... by MrNaz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...on my what?

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  9. Re:oh noes by CarnivoreMan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I prefer to call them dingle-berries