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Voyager 2's Uranus Visit Misunderstood

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Voyager 2 is the only craft to visit Uranus. Its findings may have misled us for 40 years.

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Voyager 2's data on the magnetosphere surrounding Uranus has, for decades , left scientists perplexed.

The ice giant's radiation belts rivaling that of Jupiter 's.

The probe's data may have taken place at the same time that some unusual space weather was squashing the planet's magnetic field.

Scientists back on Earth were presented with a misleading "snapshot in time".

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