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The duration of the day impacts many natural processes of Earth. This is not true just for Earth but also for other planets.
An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made new measurements of Uranus’ interior rotation rate with a novel technique, achieving a level of accuracy 1 000 ...
A new way to measure the length of Uranus’s day could also help determine the rotation rates of other celestial ...
The new data of Uranus' interior rotation rate has a level of accuracy 1,000 times greater than previous estimates.
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Aurora lights on Uranus helped NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope measure the planet’s interior rotation rate, changing what ...
A day on Uranus is about half a minute longer than previously thought, according to new research. Nearly 40 years ago, ...
Astronomers have just revealed that a day on Uranus is longer than was previously thought, at 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds. This is 28 seconds longer than the previous estimate, which was made ...
The Hubble Telescope has revealed that a day on Uranus is longer than previously believed, potentially impacting our ...