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The discovery challenges findings made by Voyager 2, which collected data suggesting Uranus, unlike other giant planets in ...
Scientists looked at decades' worth of data, combining reports and readings from various spacecraft and new computer modeling ...
NASA’s Voyager 2 became the first and still only spacecraft to fly by Uranus, offering humanity its first close-up look at this mysterious, icy giant. Orbiting over 1.8 billion miles from Earth, ...
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter. It came within 354,000 miles (570,000 kilometers) of the ...
Scientists have found that Uranus is emitting its own internal heat — even more than it receives from sunlight — and this ...
Uranus does have an internal heat source like its planetary siblings, which may have led scientists to misinterpret the data ...
Uranus emits 12% more heat than it gets from the Sun, contradicting Voyager 2 data. The discovery points to lingering formation heat and strengthens calls for a new NASA flagship mission to the ...
Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune each emit more energy than they receive from the Sun, meaning they have comparatively warm ...
Researchers from the University of Houston, led by Dr. Xinyue Wang, launched a deep probe of Uranus’ data — and determined ...
The amount of heat emitted from Uranus is also influenced by its extremely long seasons, each lasting over 20 years.
The seventh planet in the solar system has an average temperature of just -195°C, unsurprising given it’s 1.8billion miles ...
Scientists find Uranus radiates more heat than once believed, reshaping our understanding of giant planets and guiding NASA’s next mission.