NASA Voyager 2 Blueprint

Uranus, Voyager 2 and NASA

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 weird plasma burst from the sun.

Phys.org · 4d

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,

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NASA's Voyager 2 data on Uranus moons may have been skewed by solar storm

Previously it was believed Uranus' moons were desolate, desert-like worlds, but now it seems that the data from the Voyager 2 probe.

StudyFinds on MSN2d

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, ...

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NASA’s Voyager Shuts Down Plasma Sensor After 47 Years of Discovery

After 47 years and 15 billion miles, the Plasma Science Experiment aboard NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft has been turned off.

The Washington Post3d

Uranus, the ice giant, may have been misunderstood for nearly 40 years

Now, it seems that our understanding of the planet — garnered mostly from a flyby by a NASA spacecraft nearly ... Astronomy suggests that when Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, Uranus was in the ...

The New York Times4d

Uranus Might Have Experienced a Freak Event When Voyager 2 Visited

Uranus, captured by NASA’s Voyager 2 on Jan. 25, 1986, as the spacecraft left the planet for the orbit of Neptune.Credit...NASA/JPL Supported by By Jonathan O’Callaghan Jonathan O’Callaghan ...

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