Voyager 2's data on the magnetosphere surrounding Uranus has for decades left scientists perplexed. As a result, Uranus earned a decades-long reputation as an outlier in our solar system.

Voyager 2’s flyby of the sideways-rotating Uranus revealed previously unknown rings and moons around the ... “The magnetosphere Voyager 2 measured was only a snapshot in time,” Spilker said ...

But the spacecraft’s observations of Uranus’ magnetosphere were wildly different from astronomers’ expectations, and scientists deemed the planet an outlier among the other large planets in ...

Researchers were eager to study Uranus’ magnetosphere, and what they saw in the Voyager 2 data in 1986 flummoxed them. Inside the planet’s magnetosphere were electron radiation belts with an ...

Even if Voyager 2 had come to visit a mere week earlier, the researchers suggest, it would have found a far more recognizable magnetosphere, like those surrounding other planets in our solar ...

The complicated magnetic environment of 'weird' Uranus. The four moons in this study—Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon—are tidally locked to Uranus, so that they always show the same side to ...

The white rings denote equatorial distance of 4 and 6 Earth radii. High-resolution image of the million-degree hot plasma halo encircling Earth captured by NASA’s JENI instrument.

Undoubtedly, of the wonders of the solar system, Saturn's angelic rings stand out as a fan-favorite. And in 1997, with its eye on the prize, the Cassini spacecraft embarked on a seven year voyage ...

Past research into fossilized tree rings also revealed that the magnetosphere was reduced to around 5% of its current strength, enabling solar radiation to paint auroras across the equator.

Recently, a research team from the National Institute for Fusion Science and the University of Tokyo conducted an experimental study on this topic using the "artificial magnetosphere" RT-1 device.

Voyager 2’s flyby of the sideways-rotating Uranus revealed previously unknown rings and moons around the ... “The magnetosphere Voyager 2 measured was only a snapshot in time,” Spilker said ...