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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 · 4d

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 MSN2d

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.

But when Voyager 2 got an up-close look at Uranus in 1986, scientists were able to glean some insights that, while ...

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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