stackyFACTSIt is officially the most boring, dead gas giant in the neighborhood. While Jupiter and Saturn radiate vast amounts of internal energy left over from their creation, Uranus is essentially a cosmic freezer, emitting absolutely zero excess heat into space and hovering at absolute bone-chilling temperatures.
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