November 14, 2024: Cosmic Coincidence

The new word on the street is Uranus actually does have plasma in its magnetosphere. Voyager 2 spent a scant 5 hours flying past it (which is still where almost all of our data on the planet is from) and it seems like it may have coincided with a "co-rotating interaction region" from the sun. Or, in a period of increased solar activity, the sun ejected long streams of plasma to the edge of the solar system. This caused a strong but temporary drop of plasma in the planet's magnetosphere. It just so happened that around this time is just when Voyager 2 scuttled past. Hope we get a closer look soon.

6 thoughts on “November 14, 2024: Cosmic Coincidence”

    1. At least there's a plan. Not a great plan, but I'm not sure a great plan was possible. As they say, sometimes all of your choices are bad ones, but you still have to choose.

      1. It also means stadium employees and team staff can remain in the area. I'm sure a sizeable number already live in Tampa and are thrilled about not crossing some bridge now.

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