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Terrifying Simulation Reveals What Happens If You Spend 5 Seconds On Uranus
The planets of our solar system are undeniably fascinating, and we have been exploring space for decades.
Even though scientists have sent rovers to Mars and men to the Moon, there are still more worlds that need more thorough exploration. The fact that they are either too dangerous, too far away, or both just heightens our interest in their formation and operation.
One captivating planet is Uranus, which has recently astounded Reddit users with its brightness and outer rings.
Unfortunately, humans are unlikely to see the ice planet’s chilly atmosphere anytime soon because it would take us ten years to get there in a spaceship. Even though Uranus is a very deadly planet, what would happen if you chose to travel there?
What would happen, actually, if you were only there for five seconds?
One YouTube channel, however, has made it its mission to respond to that very query. As you can think, the result is somewhat graphic, so be prepared.
You would then have to traverse all 13 of Uranus’ dusty rings after surviving the arduous, protracted trek; it would be similar to a spy avoiding lasers in those vintage films. At that point, you would be the first person to see the planet’s blue atmosphere up close. Well done!
The sole drawback? You don’t have much time left.
At freezing – 371 F (- 224 C), Uranus’ atmosphere is poisonous and icy.
However, here’s what to anticipate…
Bad smells
When you find out why Uranus smells so bad, it’s not surprising.
The clouds in its upper atmosphere are “partially made up of hydrogen sulphide,” according to What If Science.
You would “faint and die instantly” if you ingested it, therefore it’s quite dangerous.
You would start your descent through a swirling mixture of 82 percent hydrogen, 15 percent helium, and just enough methane to give off the distinctive rotten egg stench that we are all accustomed to after barely escaping the lethal upper atmosphere.
Ironically, Uranus’s gorgeous bluish-green colour is caused by that same methane, demonstrating that even while the planet may irritate your nose, it at least knows how to maintain its beauty.
But eventually, you would swim in Uranus’ thick atmosphere rather than plummeting through it.
Diamond rain
It is able to shower Uranus with diamonds because of its abundant atmosphere of methane, a single-carbon molecule. What about aesthetics!
“Under extreme pressure, the methane molecules break apart and crystallize into diamonds,” the YouTube channel explains.
Despite the glamorous sound, you wouldn’t want to get caught in a diamond storm in real life, especially when there are gusts of up to 900 km/h (560 mph) to deal with.
“That’s three and a half times stronger than a category five hurricane on Earth,” says What If Science.
Pressure
You would be headed towards the planet’s mantle, where the pressure is 100 times greater than that of Earth’s sea level, if you could somehow make it that far.
It would be completely dark, made of water, ammonia, and methane ice, and the force would just prevent you from moving.
“What you should be worried about is the immense pressure that would be rapidly increasing the closer you got to the planet’s centre,” according to What If Science. “It would squish you before you ever got to the core.”
But your carbon-based remains might become diamonds in that kind of atmosphere. I suppose that’s one option besides cremation.
Therefore, if we learnt anything from our five seconds on Uranus, it is that not all planets are designed to be visited, but they are certainly fascinating from a distance.
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