It is 40 years since Voyager 2 performed the first and, so far, only flyby of the planet Uranus. The resulting trove of data, however, was a bonus that almost didn't happen.… At the time of Voyager ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lone spacecraft's visit to Uranus may have left us with the complete wrong impression of the ice giant for nearly 40 years. The ...
Scientists may have resolved a mystery about the radiation belts around Uranus by decoding the first and only flyby observations made by Voyager 2. The flyby that took place in 1986 noted that Uranus' ...