Voyager 2 is the only craft to visit Uranus. Its findings may have misled us for 40 years.
Voyager 2's visit to Uranus may have left us with the complete wrong impression of the ice giant for nearly 40 years, ...
Almost Everything We Know About Planet Uranus May Be Wrong
"The Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 revealed an unusually oblique and off-centred magnetic field," the researchers wrote.
New Uranus research suggests what’s known about the planet could be wrong
A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...
Uranus, the ice giant, may have been misunderstood for nearly 40 years
A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...
Scientists uncover a magnetic misunderstanding about Uranus
In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.
NASA Takes A Deep Dive Into Uranus And Solves Gassy Giant's Hidden Secrets
New data analysis suggests if Voyager 2 had arrived just a few days earlier, it would have observed something completely ...
Something Strange Happened During Voyager 2’s Flyby of Uranus in 1986
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.
Astronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranus
The icy moon Miranda is the latest satellite in our solar system to spark hope in the search for life beyond Earth.
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The rings of Uranus look positively festive in epic James Webb Space Telescope holiday photo
Uranus' aforementioned rings shine bright in infrared light ... Unlike Earth and Mars' polar caps that are made from solid ice, Uranus is a gaseous world and its polar caps are hazy haloes ...
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The Six Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made About Neptune
Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...
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Uranus is hiding 13 invisible rings. These images captured their warm glow for the first time.
made the above composite image above, which shows the rings' thermal glow at radio wavelengths. The dark bands in the image capture molecules that absorb radio waves. In Uranus's case, that's ...