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Uranus, Voyager 2

We've been wrong about Uranus for nearly 40 years, new analysis of Voyager 2 data reveals

Voyager 2's 1986 flyby of Uranus, the main source of our knowledge of the icy planet, could have come at the same time as a weird plasma burst from the sun.

Space on MSN · 2d

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 probe flew by the ice giant, providing humanity with its first close-up glimpse of the seventh planet from the sun.

Phys.org · 3d

Mining old data from NASA's Voyager 2 solves several Uranus mysteries

When NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986, it provided scientists' first—and, so far, only—close glimpse of this strange, sideways-rotating outer planet. Alongside the discovery of new moons and rings,

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d

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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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, ...

Phys.org on MSN10d

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 ...

Business Today2d

‘Hidden Oceans’: NASA’s Voyager 2 discovers potential for life on Uranus’ moons

Most of the current understanding of Uranus comes from NASA’s Voyager 2 mission, which passed the planet nearly 40 ...

The Washington Post3d

Uranus, the ice giant, may have been misunderstood for nearly 40 years

Voyager 2 traveled more than 1.8 billion miles in nine ... The Earth’s strong magnetosphere, described by NASA scientists as a vast, comet-shaped bubble, is critical to our planet’s ...

The Register on MSN6d

Unbreakable Voyager space probes close in on a 50 year mission

Launched when Jimmy Carter was President of the United States, the two Voyager spacecraft have endured almost half a century ...

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