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Long ago, Voyager 2 might have caught Uranus at a bad time
Much of what we understand about Uranus comes from data gathered by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft. Thirty-eight years ago, this ...
Voyager 2 is the only craft to visit Uranus. Its findings may have misled us for 40 years.
But when Voyager 2 got an up-close look at Uranus in 1986, scientists were able to glean some insights that, while ...
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Still Kickin’ Since the ’70s: NASA’s Voyager Mission Keeps Exploring
NASA’s Voyager mission launched in the 1970s. Today, it’s making history as it conducts new science. But how are two ...
How the 47-year-old Voyager spacecraft are still exploring space
The Voyager 1 and 2 probes have been on a remarkable journey. Since their launch in 1977, they have traveled through the solar system, past several of the outer planets, and headed out beyond the ...
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Voyager 2 Measured a Rare Anomaly When It Flew Past Uranus, Skewing Our Knowledge of the Planet for 40 Years, Study Suggests
The roughly six-hour flyby in 1986 revealed Uranus' protective magnetic field was strangely empty. Now, researchers say that ...
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NASA’s Voyager 1 Successfully Revives Antique Transmitter Last Used in 1981 to Prolong its Historic Mission
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is reviving technology abandoned four decades ago to help keep its groundbreaking space ...
Voyager found a mystery on Uranus. Decades later, NASA solved it.
For decades, the observation has been an enigma. But not anymore. Recent analysis of Voyager's old data found that extreme ...
Voyager 2: "Cosmic coincidence" caused misleading measurements on Uranus
Almost 40 years ago, Voyager 2 passed Uranus. Since then, people have been puzzling over the measurement data collected there ...
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Voyager 1 is forced to rely on its low power radio
Voyager 1 was launched waaaaaay back in 1977. I would have been 4 years old then! It’s an incredible achievement that ...
NASA’s 38-Year-Old Voyager 2 Data Finally Solves Uranus’s Perplexing Mysteries
NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers. In 1986, Voyager 2's flyby ...
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Uranus, the ice giant, may have been misunderstood for nearly 40 years
The rest of what we know comes from observations by the Hubble Space Telescope and several other telescopes. Voyager 2 traveled more than 1.8 billion miles in nine years to reach Uranus.
NASA Solves Decades Old Mysteries Of Uranus After Deep Dive Into Voyager 2 Data
New research suggests that just before Voyager 2 arrived, Uranus was hit by a rare blast of solar wind from the Sun that ...