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The roughly six-hour flyby in 1986 revealed Uranus' protective magnetic field was strangely empty. Now, researchers say that the data could have been affected by a solar wind event

1. Long ago, Voyager 2 might have caught Uranus at a bad time  Space.com
2. The anomalous state of Uranus’s magnetosphere during the Voyager 2 flyby  Nature.com
3. Potential For Life Found On Uranus' Moons, Scientists Reveal  NDTV
4. New Uranus research suggests what’s known about the planet could be wrong  CNN
5. Uranus Might Have Experienced a Freak Event When Voyager 2 Visited  The New York Times

A new analysis of Voyager 2 data reveals a fresh theory about Uranus's unique magnetosphere.

A new analysis of Voyager 2’s flyby of Uranus in 1986 reveals a unique magnetic anomaly caused by a rare solar wind event. Scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech found that the solar wind’s impact on Uranus’s magnetosphere was a unique occurrence, influencing measurements of the planet’s magnetic field. The study also suggests that the planet’s outer moons lie within its magnetosphere, potentially aiding future probes in identifying subsurface oceans on these moons.

1. 9 Surprising Facts About Voyager 2’s Uranus Flyby  Moneycontrol
2. Potential For Life Found On Uranus' Moons, Scientists Reveal  NDTV
3. The anomalous state of Uranus’s magnetosphere during the Voyager 2 flyby  Nature.com
4. Voyager-2 visited Uranus in 1986. Something more happened when it arrived  India Today
5. Uranus and its moons may have ideal conditions for life—but Voyager 2 missed it due to one bad day  The Economic Times

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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1. Voyager 2's Historic Flyby of Uranus Exposes Rare Magnetic Distortion  Gadgets 360
2. Potential For Life Found On Uranus' Moons, Scientists Reveal  NDTV
3. The anomalous state of Uranus’s magnetosphere during the Voyager 2 flyby  Nature.com
4. New Uranus research suggests what’s known about the planet could be wrong  CNN
5. Voyager-2 visited Uranus in 1986. Something more happened when it arrived  India Today

The craft, which left the Earth more than 42 years ago on a mission to study and photograph the outer planets, left the solar system in November 2018.