Science
Mysterious X-rays are flaring out of Uranus – Livescience.com
Uranus is always full of surprises.
For the first time, astronomers have detected mysteriousX-rays
flaring out of Uranus.
How is this happening? According to NASA scientists
, Uranus is so massive that it could just be scattering X-rays given off by the sun more than a billion miles away. Or, perhaps the fine rings of dust surrounding Uranus are generating their own radiation through some unknown process. A closer study of Uranus is required to know for sure.
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