Much of what we understand about Uranus comes from data gathered by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft. Thirty-eight years ago, this ...
A solar wind event days before the NASA probe flyby in 1986 may have compressed the planet’s magnetosphere, making it look odder than it usually is.
NASA's Voyager mission beamed back unprecedented views. It also sent back some mysteries. One of these came in 1986, when the ...
When NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986, it provided scientists' first—and, so far, only—close glimpse of ...
New data analysis suggests if Voyager 2 had arrived just a few days earlier, it would have observed something completely ...
The Voyager 2 mission, which provided humanity's first and only close-up view of Uranus, revealed a planet with unexpectedly ...
When Voyager 2 flew past the ice giant 38 years ago, it revealed a magnetosphere warped by solar winds, a finding uncovered through recent analysis of archival data.
NASA scientists discovered that during the Voyager 2 flyby, Uranus was experiencing a strong solar wind. This led to ...
After 47 years and 15 billion miles, the Plasma Science Experiment aboard NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft has been turned off.
NASA’s Voyager mission launched in the 1970s. Today, it’s making history as it conducts new science. But how are two ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe was launched on August 12, 2018 to find the origin of the high-energy particles that comprise the solar wind. “Understanding the mechanism behind the sun’s wind is ...
A fresh look at data on Uranus from 1986 has prompted NASA scientists to suggest the planet could support life.