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Uranus, Voyager 2 and NASA
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,
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.
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.
Strange Anomaly in 1986 May Have Warped Our Perception of Uranus
For decades, we've thought we had a pretty good grasp of Uranus. The penultimate planet, our best measurements suggest, has a whole slew of idiosyncrasies. And one of the most puzzling is its magnetic field.
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Almost Everything We Know About Planet Uranus May Be Wrong
"The Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 revealed an unusually oblique and off-centred magnetic field," the researchers wrote.
Yahoo News
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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 ...
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on MSN
New study on moons of Uranus raises chance of life
The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the sterile worlds scientists have long thought.
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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.
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Uranus Might Have Experienced a Freak Event When Voyager 2 Visited
Much of the understanding of the seventh planet comes from a brief flyby nearly 40 years ago, which researchers now say overlapped with an exceptional solar event.
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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.
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on MSN
Mysteries of Uranus 'may be explained by extreme weather'
Experts say they now know even less about a typical day on Uranus, and need a second spacecraft to visit the planet in order ...
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on MSN
Uranus’ moon could be home to aliens — scientists reveal ‘bizarre’ new find
New research suggests a moon orbiting the sophomoric-sounding planet might contain enough natural resources to support alien ...
Yahoo News
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Uranus could be more interesting than we thought, says Nasa
Uranus
is more interesting than previously thought, scientists have found. Everything scientists know about the distant ...
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