RT by @elonmusk: RT by @elonmusk: Uranus is finally getting the attention it deserves 🔵😄 Scientists want to send a mission called Uranus Orbiter and Probe — a spacecraft that would travel all the way to Uranus, drop a probe into its atmosphere, and then stay behind in orbit to study the planet, its rings, moons, magnetic field, and what’s going on deep inside. Why Uranus? Because we’ve barely seen it up close. The only spacecraft to visit it was Voyager 2 in 1986, and that was just a quick flyby. Since then, Uranus has remained one of the Solar System’s biggest mysteries. And it’s a weird one: 💙 it spins almost on its side 🧊 it’s one of the coldest planets in the Solar System 💎 diamonds
Uranus is finally getting the attention it deserves 🔵😄
Scientists want to send a mission called Uranus Orbiter and Probe — a spacecraft that would travel all the way to Uranus, drop a probe into its atmosphere, and then stay behind in orbit to study the planet, its rings, moons, magnetic field, and what’s going on deep inside.
Why Uranus? Because we’ve barely seen it up close. The only spacecraft to visit it was Voyager 2 in 1986, and that was just a quick flyby. Since then, Uranus has remained one of the Solar System’s biggest mysteries.
And it’s a weird one:
💙 it spins almost on its side
🧊 it’s one of the coldest planets in the Solar System
💎 diamonds rain down on Uranus’ core
🌀 and its magnetic field is exceptionally chaotic, tilted, and lopsided
This mission could help scientists understand not only Uranus itself, but also a whole class of planets called ice giants — which may be common around other stars, too.
So yes, NASA really does want to go much deeper into Uranus. Would you want to see a mission like this finally launch? 🚀
