Voyager 2’s Flyby of Uranus in 1986 was During Anomalous Solar Event, New Study Suggests

Voyager 2’s Flyby of Uranus in 1986 was During Anomalous Solar Event, New Study Suggests
The first panel of this artist’s concept depicts how Uranus’ magnetosphere was behaving before the flyby of NASA’s Voyager 2; the second panel shows an unusual kind of solar weather was happening during the 1986 flyby, giving scientists a skewed view of the magnetosphere. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

When NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986, it provided scientists’ first close glimpse of this ice-giant planet.

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 When NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986, it provided scientists’ first close glimpse of this ice-giant planet.
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