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NASA, Oxford Discover Warmer Uranus Than Once Thought

For millennia, astronomers thought Uranus was no more than a distant star. It wasn’t until the late 18th century that Uranus was universally accepted as a planet. To this day, the ringed, blue world subverts scientists’ expectations, but new NASA research helps puzzle out some of the world’s mystique.  This zoomed-in image of Uranus, captured by the Near-Infrared Camera on…