University of Arizona | Daniel Stolte | 2013 May 16
Shedding light on a long-standing mystery surrounding the cloudy worlds of Uranus and Neptune, scientists at the UA’s Lunar and Planetary Lab have discovered that the massive jet streams and weather phenomena associated with them appear to be ripples on the surface rather than extending deep into the planets' interior.
Weather on the Outer Planets Only Goes So Deep
Weizmann Institute of Science | 2013 May 16
Zipping Around Uranus and Neptune
ScienceShot | Ken Croswell | 2013 May 15
Neptune and Uranus Possess Weird Jet Streams
Discovery News | Markus Hammonds | 2013 May 24
Atmospheric confinement of jet streams on Uranus and Neptune - Yohai Kaspi et al
- Nature 497(7449) 344 (16 May 2013) DOI: 10.1038/nature12131