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New Uranus research suggests what’s known about the planet could be wrong
But a new analysis of the Voyager 2 data showed that Uranus experienced a rare cosmic occurrence just before the flyby. Days ...
We now have a good idea about the makeup of Uranus’ atmosphere
Information about Uranus is limited. What we know is that the planet is composed mainly of water and ammonia ice, its diameter is about 51,000 kilometers, about four times that of the Earth, and its ...
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Voyager 2’s defining Uranus flyby may have been skewed by a rare cosmic event | CNN - CNN International
New Uranus research suggests what’s known about the planet could be wrong By Ashley Strickland, CNN 5 minute read Updated 7:41 PM EST, Mon November 11, 2024 ...
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A New Study Reveals the Makeup of Uranus’ Atmosphere
Uranus, the seventh planet in the solar system, located between Saturn and Neptune, has long been a mystery. But by analyzing observations made by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope over a 20-year ...
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Voyager 2’s defining Uranus flyby may have been skewed by a rare cosmic event | CNN - CNN International
A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting how astronomers understood the mysterious world.
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New Uranus research suggests what’s known about the planet could be wrong
When the Voyager 2 spacecraft became the first and only mission to fly by Uranus in 1986, it defined the way astronomers understand the ice giant. But the data collected by the probe also introduced ...