"The Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 revealed an unusually oblique and off-centred magnetic field," the researchers wrote.
Voyager 2’s visit to Uranus in 1986 occurred just after the planet was slammed by an exceptionally powerful solar outburst.
A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...
A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...
New research suggests a moon orbiting the sophomoric-sounding planet might contain enough natural resources to support alien ...
Uranus is unique as it rotates on its side, at roughly a 90-degree angle from the plane of its orbit. The planet takes 84 years to orbit the Sun. An animated GIF showing Uranus' magnetic field. The ...
New data analysis suggests if Voyager 2 had arrived just a few days earlier, it would have observed something completely ...
In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.
The icy moon Miranda is the latest satellite in our solar system to spark hope in the search for life beyond Earth.
Almost 40 years ago, Voyager 2 passed Uranus. Since then, people have been puzzling over the measurement data collected there ...
During November, Uranus will be in opposition, allowing folks to view the blue planet easier than they normally would.