Comments on: Explosion on Uranus https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/30/explosion-on-uranus/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:20:54 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff-Wash https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/30/explosion-on-uranus/#comment-8115 Jeff-Wash Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:59:51 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5014#comment-8115 Whew! I'm glad it's a planet that's got some distance between it & us. At first I thought TB made a typo and meant: "Explosion on a urinal. LOL. Piss everywhere. ;) Whew!

I’m glad it’s a planet that’s got some distance between it & us.

At first I thought TB made a typo and meant: “Explosion on a urinal.
LOL.
Piss everywhere. ;)

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/30/explosion-on-uranus/#comment-8077 TB Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:43:54 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5014#comment-8077 <p>Probably has something to do with the weird "seasons."</p> Something freezes hard over the years-long sunless "winter" then melts or sublimates or something. Probably has something to do with the weird “seasons.”

Something freezes hard over the years-long sunless “winter” then melts or sublimates or something.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/30/explosion-on-uranus/#comment-8075 bowser Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:21:33 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5014#comment-8075 I wondered about that, too. The article says "An image taken by planetary scientist Larry Sromovsky, with the Gemini 8.1 meter telescope, shows a bright patch that is thought to be an eruption of methane ice high in the atmosphere." Does sound interesting, though. I wondered about that, too. The article says

“An image taken by planetary scientist Larry Sromovsky, with the Gemini 8.1 meter telescope, shows a bright patch that is thought to be an eruption of methane ice high in the atmosphere.”

Does sound interesting, though.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/30/explosion-on-uranus/#comment-8074 RobVG Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:54:18 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5014#comment-8074 Explosion or impact? n/t Explosion or impact? n/t

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