Storm clouds gathering as spring comes to Uranus

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: April 10, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

TOM WILKIE

It's springtime on the planet Uranus. And just as April showers herald spring here in Britain, the clouds are gathering in the skies above Uranus. The difference is that the seasons on Uranus last for more than 20 of our earth years. Not even Gene Kelly would have kept on singing in the rain for that long.

The sight of a few wisps of cloud in the atmosphere of this distant gas giant planet has taken astronomers by surprise, according to Dr Heidi Hammel, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who lectured on "Exploring the Giant Planets with the Hubble space telescope" at the ...

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