Astronomers spot cyclones at Uranus' pole for first time
Uranus is usually portrayed as a generally featureless blue ball, but when seen using radio telescopes, the pole reveals a swirling cyclone.
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Uranus is usually portrayed as a generally featureless blue ball, but when seen using radio telescopes, the pole reveals a swirling cyclone.
WASHINGTON: It is a world wrapped in mystery — the seventh planet from the sun, Uranus, seen up close just once...
But new observations from a telescope located in New Mexico are providing a fuller understanding of its atmosphere, including the detection of a polar cyclone whose center measures a quarter of Earth's diameter, swirling near its north pole.
NASA scientists were able to gaze deeply into the planet's atmosphere painting a picture of a planet more dynamic than previously known.
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