A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble.
NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers. In 1986, Voyager 2's flyby ...
The sun’s magnetic activity causes auroras, and the relationship between solar flares and auroras reveals an 11-year cycle; ...
A recently shared image of a distant galaxy surrounded by three concentric rings challenges our understanding of galactic ...
This study presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator.' ...
A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...
Much of the knowledge about Uranus was gleaned when NASA's robotic spacecraft Voyager 2 conducted a five-day flyby in 1986 ...
Like the Earth, the sun likely has swirling polar vortices, according to new research led by the U.S. National Science ...
When Voyager 2 flew past the ice giant 38 years ago, it revealed a magnetosphere warped by solar winds, a finding uncovered through recent analysis of archival data.
A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...
When NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986, it provided scientists' first—and, so far, only—close glimpse of ...
In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.