Uranus, the ice giant, may have been misunderstood for nearly 40 years
A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...
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Mining old data from NASA's Voyager 2 solves several Uranus mysteries
Alongside the discovery of new moons and rings, baffling new mysteries confronted scientists ... and Uranus earned a ...
Scientists Have Discovered Evidence of Solar Superstorms: Could We Survive the Next Catastrophic Event?
Tree rings reveal ancient solar storms, helping scientists predict and prepare for future events that could disrupt ...
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Check Out the Stunning New Images of Jupiter From NASA’s Juno Spacecraft
On its 66th flyby of the king of planets, Juno has captured spectacular views of the stormy atmosphere, processed by citizen ...
Scientists have fiercely debated the existence of ‘Planet 9’ for a decade. Some say evidence is piling up
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...
Unveiling the Sun’s Secret Twisters: Magnetic Vortices at the Poles
Model simulations offer insights into the fundamental properties of the solar magnetic field. New studies suggest that the Sun, like Earth, has polar vortices influenced by its magnetic environment. U ...
Swirling polar vortices likely exist on the sun, new research finds
Like the Earth, the sun likely has swirling polar vortices, according to new research led by the U.S. National Science ...
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Mysterious Neptune Dark Spot Detected from Earth for the First Time Aug ... system around a dwarf planet on the edge of the Solar System. The ring system orbits much further out than is typical ...
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Goodbye to Saturn’s rings forever – they will disappear as of this date (in a few months)
People thinks over Saturn’s awe-inspiring system of rings that enclose the gas giant to be the most fascinating and iconic ...
New Uranus research suggests what’s known about the planet could be wrong
A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...
Scientists uncover a magnetic misunderstanding about Uranus
In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.
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, ...