Scientists created diamonds from plastic bottles and then used them to study giant gas planets
This suggests "diamond rain" may be quite common on other planets.
Tag: uranus
Scientists publish NASA “wish list” that includes a trip to Uranus
The list also includes landing on Saturn’s moon Enceladus and getting the samples of Martian rock from the Perseverance rover.
Uranus is leaking radiation, researchers say
Some headline formats never get old.
Jovian planets — the giants of solar systems
They're big
Uranus is leaking gas — according to NASA
This process has been noted on other planets, but not Neptune until now.
Astronomers measure frigid temperature of Uranus’ rings
Uranus' rings are thin and imperceptible to all but the largest telescopes.
Uranus may have collided with a cosmic body twice the size of Earth, explaining its unusual tilt
The icy gas giant likely collided with a massive cosmic body about 4 billion years ago.
Breaking: Uranus smells like farts
An astronaut in the midst of Uranus' top clouds would be able to smell a rotten egg-like stench -- if ...
Diamond rain of Neptune and Uranus mimicked in the lab by scientists
Yes, on some planets it rains diamonds!
Uranus has a magnetosphere that turns on and off every day
Not all planets are as lucky as Earth.
Astronomers may have just discovered two new moons around Uranus
Two dark shapes discovered around Uranus.
Most detailed observations of Uranus reveal complex atmospheric patterns
The most detailed observations of the icy world of Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, show complex weather patterns ...
Astronomers luckily spot Aurora on Uranus
When Voyager 2 made its flyby near the planet of Uranus, astronomers got their first direct glimpse of what an ...
Uranus orbit tipped on its side by a series of Earth-sized impacts
Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, is a definite oddball of the solar system. It has its axis titled ...
Probe launched 30 years ago is held back by mysterious unexplained force
A probe that has been launched no less than 30 years ago has come across a force that has baffled ...
Oceans of diamonds on Uranus
A new research published in Nature Physics showed that there may be oceans of diamonds (literally) on both Uranus and ...