A new analysis of decades’ worth of observations has revealed that Uranus does indeed emit more heat than it receives from the rays of the Sun.
Obligatory, “why, thank you”
If it’s producing more heat than a standard world that size would (I’m assuming compared to Neptune), perhaps it’s due to the composition of the rogue body that collided with it in the distant past to give it its axial tilt. Considering how profoundly, anomolously large the current 20km interstellar object 3I Atlas is, its reasonable to assume interstellar objects are larger and more common in general than theory would suggest. Perhaps something interstellar and truly exotic slammed into Uranus in the distant past, maybe studying its oldest moons would give some clues as to what.
I feel bad whoever slam in to Uranus in the distant past. /s
Especially after a vindaloo.
Stupid me and weird titles.
This conclusion, arrived at by two independent teams of scientists, finally resolves a puzzle that first emerged when Voyager 2 cruised past the stinky planet all the way back in 1986. Those observations suggested that Uranus was not emitting any excess heat – a finding that put it at odds with all the other giant planets in the Solar System.
They know what they’re doing
That’s true no matter which way this thread goes.
