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Astronomy Update - Uranus' magnetosphere opens and closes to solar wind

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July 20, 2017, 08:48 AM
Deqlyn
Astronomy Update - Uranus' magnetosphere opens and closes to solar wind
Did inread that earths magnetosphere is pointes directly at the sun 24/7. Thats some "luck" there.



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July 20, 2017, 10:06 AM
Pipe Smoker
Many years ago, on KSTP TV, in the Twin Cities, Ron Majors and Cyndy Brucato co-hosted the 6pm newscast. One of them would lead in a story, and the other would deliver it. One evening Majors had this lead in:

"Cyndy, the scientists have sent a probe to Uranus, and found it warmer and gassier than expected." (You have to say this out loud.)

Knowing the goings-on at KSTP in that era, I have no doubt that Majors was fully aware of how that would sound, and how it would be understood. Cyndy tried, with fair success, to maintain her composure.



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