It must have cleared all other celestial bodies, except its own moons, from its orbit.

The roughly six-hour flyby in 1986 revealed Uranus' protective magnetic field was strangely empty. Now, researchers say that ...

Scientists have found that a "rare intense wind event" during NASA's Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 may have messed with ...

In 1986, NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international cooperation of NASA and the European and Canadian space agencies, a ...

Among the planets in the solar system, Earth is the only one to feature vast expanses of liquid water on its surface.

Planets, moons, and the quest for life beyond earth As we explore the vast expanse of space, we embark on a journey that ...

A team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids and comets with new solar data sets to develop a revised solar composition that potentially reconciles ...

In 1986, humanity got its first close look at Uranus's secrets thanks to the Voyager 2 probe. After a lengthy journey, this ...

A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...

Voyager 2's visit to Uranus may have left us with the complete wrong impression of the ice giant for nearly 40 years, ...