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.
NASA’s decades-old findings of Uranus’ extreme magnetosphere was misleading: Study
the rest of Uranus’ magnetosphere was almost devoid of plasma. Scientists maintained that the missing plasma also puzzled them because they knew that the five major Uranian moons in the magnetic bubble should have produced water ions, as icy moons around ...
Uranus may have looked weird when NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by
A solar wind event days before the NASA probe flyby in 1986 may have compressed the planet’s magnetosphere, making it look odder than it usually is.
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 of Uranus caught the planet during a rare magnetic anomaly caused by unique space weather,
Data from decades old mission solves Uranus mysteries
NASA's Voyager 2 helped shape scientists' understanding of Uranus but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers and renewed interest in the icy planet and its moons.
Scientists have cracked the mystery of Uranus – and it's all about wind
Scientists think they have got Uranus all wrong. Astronomers have been studying it long and hard, and suggest what they have ...
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Icy moon of Uranus may have once hid watery secret, Voyager 2 archives reveal
Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.
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 ...
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Moon named "Miranda" orbiting Uranus seems to have an ocean and possibly life
A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, ...
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.
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.
Scientists might finally have worked out the big mystery of Uranus – and space weather might be to blame
Scientists may have explained a mystery that has puzzled us about Uranus for decades. Researchers believe that data that ...