science

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 read recently that Uranus has also become a much lighter color than in initial observations. It's almost as if Uranus has been bleached.

I'm confused. The title suggests it's hotter than anticipated, but the articles contents suggest that it's not as hot as it should be. It's emitting less heat than the other giant planets. Not more.

Now I understand that this means it's losing heat at a slower rate, but wouldn't it likely have to be colder than expected to begin with in order to it be losing it at a slower rate than the others?

Especially after a vindaloo.

Uranus so hot rn

It’s the weather.

Dayum gurl

That’s true no matter which way this thread goes.

i guess this means that a nuclear process occurs in its interior?

i.e. uranium decay releases heat or sth