In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.
If Voyager 2 had arrived a week earlier, it would have observed a completely different magnetospheric environment".
Much of the knowledge about Uranus was gleaned when NASA’s robotic spacecraft Voyager 2 conducted a five-day flyby in 1986.
Uranus, blue-green in color due to the methane contained in an atmosphere comprised mostly of hydrogen and helium ...
A fresh look at data on Uranus from 1986 has prompted NASA scientists to suggest the planet could support life.
Jaw-dropping new images show Jupiter in eye-popping detail. NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured incredible views of the stormy ...
In 1986, humanity gained its first close look into the secrets of Uranus thanks to the Voyager 2 probe. This probe, after a ...
Feb. 8, 2023 — Scientists have discovered a new ring system around a dwarf planet on the edge of the Solar System. The ring system orbits much further out than is typical for other ring systems ...
It turns out, Uranus is practically on its side which makes it distinct from the other planets in the solar system. But it ...
When the Voyager 2 spacecraft became the first and only mission to fly by Uranus in 1986, it defined the way astronomers ...
Much of the knowledge about Uranus was gleaned when NASA's robotic spacecraft Voyager 2 conducted a five-day flyby in 1986 ...
Parker Solar Probe completed its seventh and final Venus gravity-assist maneuver, swinging onto a path that will bring it to ...