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Diamonds Unlikely In Gas Giants Like Uranus
July 16, 2007 — A new study finds that diamonds probably don't crystallize in the atmospheres of planets such as Uranus and Neptune. The conclusion is contrary to recent speculation that small diamonds would ... > full story -
Computer Models Suggest Planetary And Extrasolar Planet Atmospheres
June 19, 2007 — The world is abuzz with the discovery of an extrasolar, Earthlike planet around the star Gliese 581 that is relatively close to our Earth at 20 light years away in the constellation Libra. Scientists ... > full story -
Astronomers View First Mutual Event For Uranus: One Satellite Passes In Front Of Another
May 27, 2007 — Astronomers have made the first ever observation of one of the satellites of the planet Uranus passing in front of another. The observation was made on the night of 4th May using the robotic Faulkes ... > full story -
Astronomers Detect Shadow Of Water World In Front Of Nearby Star
May 16, 2007 — A team of European astronomers has measured the transit of a Neptune-sized planet around another star. For the first time, the size and density of such a small extra-solar planet has been measured, ... > full story -
Hubble Discovers Dark Cloud In The Atmosphere Of Uranus
October 1, 2006 — 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 ... > full story -
Hubble Captures A Rare Eclipse On Uranus
September 1, 2006 — A new Hubble Space Telescope image shows a never-before-seen astronomical alignment of a moon traversing the face of Uranus, and its accompanying shadow. The white dot near the center of Uranus' ... > full story -
Blue Ring Discovered Around Uranus
April 6, 2006 — The outermost ring of the planet Uranus turns out to have a bright blue color, according to a report in the April 7 issue of the journal Science. That makes it only the second blue ring to be found ... > full story -
NASA's Hubble Discovers New Rings And Moons Around Uranus
December 23, 2005 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope photographed a new pair of rings around Uranus and two new, small moons orbiting the planet. The largest ring is twice the diameter of the planet's previously known ... > full story -
Rings Around The Planets: Recycling Of Material May Extend Ring Lifetimes
December 19, 2004 — Although rings around planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are relatively short-lived, new evidence implies that the recycling of orbiting debris can lengthen the lifetime of such rings, ... > full story -
Keck Telescope Images Of Uranus Reveal Ring, Atmospheric Fireworks
November 14, 2004 — As summer draws to a close in the southern hemisphere of Uranus, storm clouds are brewing in the upper atmosphere, northern hemisphere winds are gusting to 250 miles per hour, and the planet's ... > full story
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