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Trading Cosmic Places: Neptune and Uranus Swapped Spots Posted: 10 months ago by AutumnLotus
Four billion years ago, Uranus and Neptune switched places during a gentle ride out to their current orbits. That's the conclusion of Steve Desch, an astrophysicist at Arizona State University, who thinks that all of the gas giant planets took shape twice as close to the sun as they are at present. His work could cut out much of the mystery of how our "impossible" solar system formed.
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Astronomers Find a New "Minor Planet" near Neptune Posted: 2 months ago by bernardblack
Astronomers announced today that a new "minor planet" with an unusual orbit has been found just two billion miles from Earth, closer than Neptune.
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Sleeping With The Fishes Posted: 5 months ago by cb__
The Neptune Memorial Reef is seen by its creators as a perfect final resting spot for those who loved the sea. They hope that one day the reef will cover 16 acres and have room for 125,000 remains.
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Deep interior of Uranus may contain solid ice Posted: 3 weeks ago by AutumnLotus
In a bid to determine the melting temperature of ice in high atmospheric pressures, scientists have found a sharp increase in the melting curves, which opens up the possibility that water exists as a solid in the deep interior of planets such as Neptune, Uranus and Earth.
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For sea lovers, a final resting reef Posted: 5 months ago by 2manyusernames
About 45 feet beneath the ocean's surface lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches.
The Neptune Memorial Reef, which opened last fall, is seen by its creators as a perfect final resting spot for those who loved the sea.
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Solving Solar System Quandaries Is Simple Posted: 10 months ago by Mershaullk
Just flip-flop the position of Uranus and Neptune.
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Walkentalk - a "serious" affliction Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
WALKENTALK is a real social disorder that affects thousands of Americans. Its symptoms are similar to that of the condition known as Walkenitis, but make no mistake- WALKENTALK is a serious disease and those afflicted need your help. To learn more about WALKENTALK, click here.
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A Warm South Pole? Yes, on Neptune! Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
An international team of astronomers has discovered that Neptune's south pole is much hotter than the rest of the planet. They have published the first temperature maps of the lowest portion of Neptune's atmosphere, which show that this warm south pole is providing an avenue for methane to escape out of the deep atmosphere.
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Distant solar system body named 'Makemake' Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
One of the largest objects in the Kuiper Belt, a ring of icy bodies beyond Neptune, has finally gotten a name: Makemake, after a god in the culture of Easter Island.
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Astronomers are First to Successfully Predict Extra-Solar Planet Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
Astronomers, including one at The University of Arizona, have successfully predicted the existence of an unknown planet, the first since Neptune was predicted in the 1840s. This planet, however, is outside our own solar system, circling a star a little more than 200 light years from Earth.
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You Can Buy Jack Nicholson's Childhood Home Posted: 2 years ago by musicgirldani
Located in Neptune, New Jersey, for the price of $449k. No word on the condition of the 'Cuckoo's Nest'.
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Blazing hot ice planet found Posted: 1 year ago by suebe
A strange Neptune-sized planet has just been discovered, with ridiculously hot surface temperatures of 520 degrees Kelvin (that's 246.85 degrees C, or 476.33 degrees F). Due to its incredibly-high mass, the water stays in a frozen state. So-called "hot ice" doesn't occur naturally on Earth, but has previously been created in a laboratory.
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