11mo ago

NASA’s Webb Telescope Finds Evidence For An Ocean World Around Uranus

www.forbes.com

I've been meaning to tell you...

11mo ago

NASA’s Webb Telescope finds evidence for an ocean world around Uranus

www.forbes.com /sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/08/18/nasas-webb-telescope-finds-evidence-for-an-ocean-world-around-uranus/

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It's the moon Ariel, plus maybe a few others. Figured I'd put in comments what the article was about to balance out the name jokes. I used to try and pronounce it with the different accent, but I don't bother now. It's the name.
On the actual topic, that's fascinating that there's enough gravitational force for Uranus to do what Jupiter does to its moons. Granted Ariel is a lot closer. We really need missions for each of these type moons to get under the ice and see what's there.
- Just read an article about ice under the surface of Mars, perhaps a whole oceans worth. There's a lot of water out there I don't know if it necessarily is going to translate into life but it's cool to find. If nothing else it gives us options if we screw all ours up.
  
  Oh shit, don't let Nestle see this comment.
  
  Our water is already screwed up with micro plastics.
  
  Not to rain on your parade but:
  https://phys.org/news/2024-08-scientists-oceans-mars-deep.html
  Using seismic activity to probe the interior of Mars, geophysicists have found evidence for a large underground reservoir of liquid water—enough to fill oceans on the planet's surface.
  It's located in tiny cracks and pores in rock in the middle of the Martian crust, between 11.5 and 20 kilometers below the surface. Even on Earth, drilling a hole a kilometer deep is a challenge.
  Ain't nobody getting to that water anytime soon.
  
  We're already screwing ours up and won't be able to sufficiently use the option of any other planet before we implode.
- I used to try and pronounce it with the different accent, but I don't bother now. It's the name.
  Idk man, personally, I don't think Uranus [yoor-uh-nuhs] sounds much like "your anus", but the distinction might be smaller for certain dialects.
Are we about to discover the first extraterrestrial lifeforms around Uranus?
- I feel sure there are colonies of life around Uranus.
  
  *colonoscopies of life
- I think it would be disappointing if we found an ocean world, but it had no life on it… though I hope we come prepared with some algae or something.
- The “I told you so” energy would so be incredibly validating to 10 year-old me.
Stories like this are why I hope medical science finds a way to extend life expectancy. I'd love to get a few extra decades just to see the cool things that happen.
- I've got bad news about the future for you.
  
  Whatever you think you know about the future, guaranteed you're wrong.
  Your science is the best we got right now, just like the science was in the past. Your predictions are the best we got right now. Your cool shit's going to look just as dumb to your grandchildren as those rubber monster suits in old movies. Your guesses about the future are going to look as dumb as an episode of the Jetsons.
- I, for one, would love to see Uranus before I die
- I'm jealous of your optimism. I really hope the future aligns with your expectations, and not mine.
Try not to laugh at the name of the 7th planet challenge (impossible)
- Names going to change to Urectum in 2620 anyway.
  
  First expedition sponsored by Cologuard
- Ouranos?
  
  It's ours alright.
You should get that checked out
When NASA's lookin in the sky and sees an ocean world nearby
Diarrhea!
So that's 3 of 4 gas giants that have possible ocean worlds in their orbits, Europa (also Callisto IIRC?), Enceladus, and now Ariel, any contenders around Neptune?
ah yes, interplanetary swamp ass
Ariel, Uranus.
Why aren't they in space? Why are they checking out my anus?
- Exactly.
  Back to space you filthy animals!
Can't I skinny dip once without NASA spying on me?
Uranus, Uranus

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