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Keith Cooper

Raging 'polar vortex' discovered over Uranus' north pole for 1st time

Three images of Uranus that are blue, green and red showing a weird bright spot

A vortex of relatively warm air has been detected swirling beneath Uranus' clouds, providing strong evidence for the existence of a cyclone anchored at the planet's north pole. 

The findings add fuel to the fire that Uranus is not as atmospherically inert as it initially seemed when NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past the "ice giant" in January 1986.

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