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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Uranus’s wind problem could be good for humanity
The researchers revealed that Uranus’s protective magnetic field was distorted, and seemed wonky and weak, being squashed and ...
Uranus could be more interesting than we thought, says Nasa
Study discovers icy planet was buffeted by a rare solar storm in 1986, during Voyager 2’s two-day flyby, which may have ...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 17-23
Actor Robert Beltran (“Big Love,” ″Star Trek: Voyager”) is 71. Actor Kathleen Quinlan is ... Actor Oded Fehr (“Star Trek: ...
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2024 UAP Annual Report Released in Wake of Congressional Hearing Addressing Claims of U.S. Secret Programs
This week, we cover the release of the 2024 UAP annual report by the DoD following a recent congressional hearing on the ...
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New Uranus research suggests what’s known about the planet could be wrong
Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. When the Voyager 2 spacecraft became the first and only mission to fly by Uranus in 1986, it defined ...