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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 ...
Voyager 2 is the only craft to visit Uranus. Its findings may have misled us for 40 years.
But when Voyager 2 got an up-close look at Uranus in 1986, scientists were able to glean some insights that, while ...
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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 ...
NASA’s 38-Year-Old Voyager 2 Data Finally Solves Uranus’s Perplexing Mysteries
NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers. In 1986, Voyager 2's flyby ...
NASA Solves Decades Old Mysteries Of Uranus After Deep Dive Into Voyager 2 Data
New research suggests that just before Voyager 2 arrived, Uranus was hit by a rare blast of solar wind from the Sun 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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1986 NASA probe gave us the wrong impression of Uranus — until now
When Voyager 2 performed the first and only close flyby of Uranus in 1986, scientists were left scratching their heads. Now, ...
SpaceX launching 20 Starlink satellites from California tonight
SpaceX is set to launch 20 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight ...
'Who’s in your bloodline?': Scientists uncover DNA from a mysterious extinct species in humans
Scientists discover Denisovan DNA in modern humans, revealing an ancient legacy that influences immunity, adaptation, and ...
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SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites in back end of coast-to-coast double launch
which five hours earlier another SpaceX rocket lifted 20 Starlink satellites into space from the Vandenberg Space Force ...
‘742-million-years old’: Scientists find evidence of ancient liquid water in meteorite from Mars
Scientists studying the Lafayette Meteorite, believed to have originated from Mars, have confirmed that it contains minerals ...
Man is 'not dead anymore' after long battle with IRS, which mistakenly labeled him deceased
Phil Anderson found out his social security number was switched with his late daughter’s, and the government had labeled him ...