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Silent but deadly.

de Pater and his team used the Keck telescope to observe Uranus and saw clouds that were very high up. The astronomers were able to infer the thickness and height of the clouds in the atmosphere, as well as their composition. As the clouds rose higher, methane gas condensed into methane ice to make them glow so brightly that even amateur astronomers could view them from Earth.

*snigger*

Latest Uranus research locates massive storms on the icy plane (EcumenicalNews)

British space scientists have put forward a detailed proposal to the European Space Agency to to send a probe to Uranus.

It would give scientists their first close-up views of Uranus since NASA’s Voyager 2 flew past and captured fleeting pictures 25 years ago.

The £400million mission is designed to go in orbit to study the rings around Uranus and answer questions such as why it gives off so little heat.

What?

Scientists plan Uranus probe (Christian Science Monitor)