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Uranus, Voyager 2

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

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, according to a new study.

Space on MSN · 1d

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.

Mashable on MSN · 1d

Voyager found a mystery on Uranus. Decades later, NASA solved it.

NASA's Voyager mission beamed back unprecedented views. It also sent back some mysteries. One of these came in 1986, when the Voyager 2 probe — one of a duo of Voyager craft sent into deep space — journeyed by the ice giant Uranus,

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN9h

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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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 ...

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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 ...

Business Today22h

‘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 ...

Ice-giant planet was having a bad day when Voyager came calling

Jamie Jasinski at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and his colleagues reanalysed Voyager 2 data from ...

Phys.org on MSN8d

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 ...

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