NASA has a big problem with all the wind blowing out of Uranus
A new paper suggests that the only data we've captured of Uranus's magnetosphere may have been skewed by rare solar wind ...
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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 ...
NASA’s only visit to Uranus happened during a rare cosmic occurrence
This week, revisit what you know about Uranus, explore the far side of the moon, rediscover the famed fossil known as Lucy, ...
You can see Uranus without a telescope this weekend
Though it will be visible all night long, Uranus will be highest in the sky at midnight. Theoretically, it's possible to see ...
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Dennis Mammana: Uranus the Planet Nobody Saw for 6,000 Years
How many planets are there in our solar system? Nine? Eight? Twelve? Hundreds? I know many will insist there are nine, with Pluto as the ninth planet, but ...
Solar wind power likely governs Uranus' thermosphere temperature
Uranus's upper atmosphere has been cooling for decades—and now scientists have shown why. Observations from Earth have shown ...
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 ...
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, ...
Uranus, the ice giant, may have been misunderstood for nearly 40 years
Uranus, the third-largest planet in our solar system, has always been something of an enigma. Now, it seems that our ...
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The Freak Timing Of Our Uranus Visit May Have Misled Us For Years, The World’s Largest Coral Colony Has Been Discovered, And Much More This Week
The world’s largest coral colony has been discovered in the Solomon Islands, measuring a whopping 34 by 32 meters (112 by 105 ...
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.
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Wind Blowing Out of Uranus Makes It Hard to Probe, NASA Complains
Scientists have found that a "rare intense wind event" during NASA's Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 may have messed with ...