Voyager 2's visit to Uranus may have left us with the complete wrong impression of the ice giant for nearly 40 years, ...
A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...
New research suggests a moon orbiting the sophomoric-sounding planet might contain enough natural resources to support alien ...
"The Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 revealed an unusually oblique and off-centred magnetic field," the researchers wrote.
Voyager 2’s visit to Uranus in 1986 occurred just after the planet was slammed by an exceptionally powerful solar outburst.
New data analysis suggests if Voyager 2 had arrived just a few days earlier, it would have observed something completely ...
The icy moon Miranda is the latest satellite in our solar system to spark hope in the search for life beyond Earth.
If Voyager 2 had arrived a week earlier, it would have observed a completely different magnetospheric environment".
When Voyager 2 flew past the ice giant 38 years ago, it revealed a magnetosphere warped by solar winds, a finding uncovered through recent analysis of archival data.
In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.
A fresh look at data on Uranus from 1986 has prompted NASA scientists to suggest the planet could support life.
Alongside the discovery of new moons and rings, baffling new mysteries confronted scientists. The energized particles around ...