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The Environment of Uranus
Uranus' atmospheric environment is one of strong gravity, high pressure, extremely cold temperatures of 50 K to 120 K (-270 degrees F to -380 degrees F). Moreover there is energy from lightning, ultraviolet light, and charged particles.
Uranus is made of methane, ethane and other sophisticated gases. These materials, combined with the energy from lightning, ultraviolet light, and charged particles, constitute the essential elements of conditions under which scientists believe life began. But life on Earth grew and changed, and now these conditions are no longer suitable for life as we know it.
Uranus' interior possesses an environment of pressures as great as three million times the sea-level pressure on earth, and temperatures as high as 10,000 degrees. This environment sounds very unfriendly to life as we know it on earth.
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