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A new analysis of decades' worth of observations has revealed that Uranus does indeed emit more heat than it receives from the rays of the Sun.

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[-] SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Stupid me and weird titles.

This conclusion, arrived at by two independent teams of scientists, finally resolves a puzzle that first emerged when Voyager 2 cruised past the stinky planet all the way back in 1986. Those observations suggested that Uranus was not emitting any excess heat – a finding that put it at odds with all the other giant planets in the Solar System.

They know what they're doing

[-] devilish666@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Wazowski@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Especially after a vindaloo.

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 weeks ago

I'm confused. The title suggests it's hotter than anticipated, but the articles contents suggest that it's not as hot as it should be. It's emitting less heat than the other giant planets. Not more.

Now I understand that this means it's losing heat at a slower rate, but wouldn't it likely have to be colder than expected to begin with in order to it be losing it at a slower rate than the others?

[-] lemming@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago

The headline is horrible (haven't read the actual article). As I undrstamd the topic, Uranus radiates more heat than previously measured, but still less than our models suggest it should.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 weeks ago

is it some sort of fucking law that headlines have to be dogshit?

[-] lemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Seems so. In the few media I'm slightly more familiar with, the headlines are written by someone else with the aim of drawing in more readers and the authors of the articles themselves have no control over it.

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