# \[del\]Uranus\[/del\] Urectum is passing gas...

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**Created:** [March 28, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-uranus-del-urectum-is-passing-gas/850500 "2020-03-28T08:02:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-uranus-del-urectum-is-passing-gas/850500/1 "2020-03-28T08:02:07Z")

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Smell-o-scope discovery of the year! Nobel for Professor Farnsworth?

OK, seriously, someone went through some old data from Voyager 2 and found that [Uranus is shedding some of its atmosphere](https://bgr.com/2020/03/26/uranus-gas-leak-voyager-2-mission/).