Photonews Logo Photonews logo
  • Home
  • Pakistan
    • Punjab
    • Sindh
    • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    • Azad Jammu Kashmir
    • Balochistan
    • Gilgit – Baltistan
  • World
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Videos
    Gen V Season 2 trailer
    Videos

    Gen V Season 2 Trailer Cast, Plot, Premiere Details

    July 26, 2025 3 Min Read
    IShowSpeed Daniel La Belle race
    Videos

    IShowSpeed Beats Daniel La Belle in 40-Meter Race, Hits 41M Subscribers

    June 24, 2025 2 Min Read
    Cardi B new single Outside
    Videos

    Cardi B’s ‘Outside’ Single Sparks Buzz Over Offset and Stefon Diggs

    June 20, 2025 2 Min Read
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Offbeat
  • Blog
  • Contact
Reading: Voyager 2’s Historic Uranus Flyby Reveals Magnetic Anomalies
PhotoNews PakistanPhotoNews Pakistan
Font ResizerAa
Search
  • Home
  • Pakistan
    • Punjab
    • Sindh
    • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    • Balochistan
    • Azad Jammu Kashmir
    • Gilgit – Baltistan
  • World
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Videos
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Offbeat
  • Blog
  • Contact
Have an existing account? Sign In
Follow US
© 2022 Photonews. All Rights Reserved.
Voyager 2 Uranus
PhotoNews Pakistan > Tech > Voyager 2’s Historic Uranus Flyby Reveals Magnetic Anomalies
Tech

Voyager 2’s Historic Uranus Flyby Reveals Magnetic Anomalies

Web Desk
By Web Desk Published November 13, 2024 2 Min Read
Share
Voyager 2 Uranus. Photo Credits: @NASASolarSystem
SHARE

During its 1986 Uranus flyby, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft detected an unexpected magnetic phenomenon driven by solar wind, which has provided new insights into the planet’s magnetosphere.

A study published on November 11 in Nature Astronomy revealed that a recent analysis of 38-year-old data revealed unusual magnetic structures and behaviours unique to Uranus.

Key Findings on Uranus’s Magnetosphere

The study, led by Jamie Jasinski, a planetary scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology, highlights that the timing of Voyager 2’s visit coincided with an intense solar wind event that distorted Uranus’s magnetosphere. This distortion is seen only about 4% of the time, and if the spacecraft had arrived even a week earlier, the observations and subsequent conclusions might have been markedly different.

When I flew by Uranus in 1986, my readings of its magnetosphere confounded scientists – but new analysis shows that it was all a cosmic coincidence and that, if I arrived just a few days earlier, I'd have observed a completely different environment: https://t.co/cLzFvkJoeI -V2 pic.twitter.com/kZ6azvtfgu

— NASA Voyager (@NASAVoyager) November 11, 2024

Uranus’s extreme axial tilt significantly influences its magnetosphere, resulting in a complex “open-closed” magnetic process. This makes the solar wind effects highly variable and results in the magnetosphere cyclically opening and closing—a phenomenon not observed in any other planet in the solar system.

Implications for Future Exploration of Uranus

The findings also affect the magnetic behaviours of Uranus’s outermost moons, such as Titania and Oberon. These moons are situated within the planet’s magnetosphere, suggesting potential for future investigations into subsurface oceans through magnetic field detection. Jasinski notes that the conditions around Uranus simplify the process of detecting magnetic signatures indicative of liquid beneath the icy surfaces of these moons.

Unexplained oddities and cosmic coincidences: mining old data from @NASAVoyager 2 yields new insights about the ice giant Uranus. https://t.co/u8Xu2YDMbM pic.twitter.com/l2ErKFfWyG

— NASA Solar System (@NASASolarSystem) November 11, 2024

While Voyager 2 remains the only mission to visit Uranus, this study’s intriguing results drive a renewed interest in further exploring this ice giant. The unique magnetic dynamics observed suggest that Uranus offers rich opportunities for scientific discovery, underscoring the need for continued and more detailed exploration in future missions.

TAGGED:Featured
Share This Article
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whatsapp Whatsapp LinkedIn Email Copy Link Print
Leave a comment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Advertisement

HBL Saving Made Easy
HBL Saving Made Easy

Recent Posts

Balenciaga destroyed jacket

Balenciaga’s $950 ‘Destroyed’ Jacket Sells Out in 24 Hours

Pakistan stock market rises october 31. 2025

PSX Soars Over 2% on Ceasefire Optimism and Earnings Season Speculation

Supreme Court Registrar Resigns

Supreme Court Registrar Muhammad Salim Khan Resigns After One Year

Post Archives

More Popular from Photonews

PIA UK flights resume
Pakistan

PIA Resumes Flights to UK After Five-Year Hiatus

2 Min Read
Pakistan Afghanistan Ceasefire
PakistanTop News

Pakistan, Afghan Taliban Agree to Uphold Ceasefire After Istanbul Talks

3 Min Read
Hailey Bieber transphobic trolls
Entertainment

Hailey Bieber on Transphobic Trolls: “Why Is That a Diss?”

2 Min Read
Business

Pakistan Stock Exchange Plunges Over 1,700 Points in Seventh Straight Loss

The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) experienced a significant downturn on Thursday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index…

October 30, 2025
Tech

OnePlus 15 Specs, Price, and Features

The new OnePlus 15 has been officially launched in China, succeeding the OnePlus 13. The latest…

October 27, 2025
Sports

Yoshinobu Yamamoto: From Japanese MVP to Dodgers Star

Yoshinobu Yamamoto's career reads like a script from a sports movie. The 27-year-old pitcher has risen…

October 26, 2025
Punjab

Lahore’s Deepening Water Crisis Poses Serious Health Risks

Lahore is experiencing a severe and escalating water crisis. Residents of the city are struggling to…

October 27, 2025
PhotoNews Pakistan

Always Stay Up to Date

Subscribe to our newsletter to get our newest articles instantly!

Categories

  • World
  • Pakistan
  • Punjab
  • Sindh
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Balochistan
  • Azad Jammu Kashmir

 

  • Top News
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Videos
  • Tech
  • Offbeat
  • Blog

© 2024 Phototnews
All Rights Reserved.

Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Lost your password?