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What do Uranus's cloud tops have in common with rotten eggs?
They found hydrogen sulfide, the odiferous gas that most people avoid, in Uranus's cloud tops. The long-sought evidence is published in the April 23rd issue of the journal Nature Astronomy.
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Clouds on Uranus smell like farts, astronomers have confirmed - a clue that there was 'a big shakeup' early in the solar system
"They found hydrogen sulfide, the odiferous gas that most people avoid, in Uranus's cloud tops," according to a press release from Gemini Observatory, a high-power telescope atop a Hawaiian volcano.
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NASA's Webb Space Telescope shows off its most detailed image of Uranus yet, revealing storms and a 21-year-long winter in exquisite detail
The newly enhanced image shows details of the planet's seasonal "cloud cap" that swirls over its north pole. Scientists said the polar cap becomes "more prominent" when Uranus tilts toward the sun ...
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Planet Uranus
Its atmosphere is the coldest of any planet in our solar system, and contains clouds of methane ... However, unlike Saturn, Uranus and its rings are 'tilted' almost completely sideways, like a ...