But when Voyager 2 got an up-close look at Uranus in 1986, scientists were able to glean some insights that, while ...

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Much of what we understand about Uranus comes from data gathered by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft. Thirty-eight years ago, this probe flew by the ice giant, providing humanity with its first close ...

Uranus, captured by NASA’s Voyager 2 on Jan. 25, 1986, as the spacecraft left the planet for the orbit of Neptune.Credit...NASA/JPL Supported by By Jonathan O’Callaghan Jonathan O’Callaghan ...

A study published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy suggests that when Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, Uranus was in the midst of a rare solar wind event that colored scientists’ conclusions ...

Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope went looking for evidence of one phenomenon and found quite another.

On this date, Jan. 24, 1986, Voyager 2 began beaming images from Uranus, giving scientists unprecedented data and insights about the solar system’s seventh planet. Information from the probe ...

Much of our understanding of Uranus comes from Voyager 2's flyby, which to date remains the only time a spacecraft has visited the planet. Voyager 2's data on the magnetosphere surrounding Uranus ...