ESO telescope captures surprising changes in Neptune's temperatures

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52 points·rgrieselhuber··10 comments

I wish we had built a bunch of Cassinis- one for each gas giant. There's so much about the outermost planets we don't know. Voyager missed the weather changes as Uranus and Neptune changed seasons- a flyby just isn't enough!

I said it before, and I'll gladly say it again: Yes! I would so love for someone to send some probes for long-term observation of Uranus and Neptune.

To be fair, I get the impression that no matter where we look in our solar system, we discover heaps of unexpected stuff, and it's all fascinating. But compared to Jupiter and Saturn, we still know fairly little about Uranus and Neptune. :-(

Sadly, I think it's rather unlikely this will change anytime soon, but a person can dream...

The Juno spacecraft is orbiting Jupiter right now. I think the mission got extended for another couple years.

Why stop there, sample returns from all the planets!

Somebody lit its fuse. We're gonna have a second sun for a while. The nightlight industry will be devastated.

If it catches, of course. You know how it is, tho; the wind blows wrong or whatever and you have to try lighting it again and again until finally you pour a gallon of gasoline on it and toss a lit road flare in.

We shall do something before it is too late.

Yep, that's all interplanetary warning due to fossil fuels.

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