"The Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 revealed an unusually oblique and off-centred magnetic field," the researchers wrote.

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 ...

Voyager 2’s flyby of the sideways-rotating Uranus revealed previously unknown rings and moons around the planet. But the spacecraft’s observations of Uranus’ magnetosphere were wildly ...

The roughly six-hour flyby in 1986 revealed Uranus' protective magnetic field was strangely empty. Now, researchers say that ...

Alongside the discovery of new moons and rings, baffling new mysteries confronted scientists. The energized particles around ...

"A future mission to Uranus is crucial to understanding not only the planet and magnetosphere, but also its atmosphere, rings and moons," Dr Jasinski said. Uranus is blue-green in colour due to ...

Uranus, which orbits almost 20 times further from the sun than Earth does, has 28 known moons and two sets of rings. The Voyager 2 observations had suggested that its two largest moons - Titania ...

In 1986, Nasa’s Voyager 2 flew by the seventh planet in the Solar System, providing scientists with their first and only glimpse of Uranus, and shaping their understanding of it since.

Mysteries about Uranus which have puzzled scientists for decades may have been the result of unexpected data collected during an unusually powerful solar storm, research suggests. In 1986 ...

Decades-long mysteries about Uranus may have been caused by unexpected data collected during a particularly powerful solar storm, according to research. In 1986, Nasa’s Voyager 2 flew past the ...

Uranus, which orbits almost 20 times further from the sun than Earth does, has 28 known moons and two sets of rings. The Voyager 2 observations had suggested that its two largest moons - Titania and ...