Learn about the unexpected discovery that has shaped new perspectives on Uranus' moons and their brightness.

A rare geological event occurs every 300,000 years or so: the Earth’s magnetic poles flip. The magnetic poles are the two ...

After reanalyzing the data from the Voyager 2 flyby, the researchers found that the planet's magnetosphere was only compressed to the degree it was observed around 4 percent of the time.

Voyager 2’s data showed that Uranus’ magnetosphere was home to unexpectedly powerful electron radiation belts. Their intensity was similar to the massive bands of radiation found around Jupiter.

Understanding the magnetosphere’s behavior is vital for protecting modern technology. Solar storms can interfere with satellite communications, disrupt GPS systems, and even overload power grids ...

Voyager 2's data on the magnetosphere surrounding Uranus has for decades left scientists perplexed. As a result, Uranus earned a decades-long reputation as an outlier in our solar system.

A solar storm, also known as geomagnetic storm, occurs when the solar wind – which consists of charged particles that are constantly streaming from the sun – interact with the Earth's magnetic ...

However, the snapshot delivered by Voyager 2 gave us a peculiar picture of Uranus. It suggested the world has an extreme magnetosphere — at risk of simplification, a giant magnetic field around ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Short Wave hosts Regina Barber and Emily Kwong about the music of Earth's magnetosphere, a mission to Jupiter's icy moons, and a potential runaway supermassive black hole.

Unfortunate timing The first panel of this artist's concept depicts how Uranus's magnetosphere – its protective bubble – was behaving before the 1986 flyby of NASA's Voyager 2. The second panel shows ...

Voyager 2’s data showed that Uranus’ magnetosphere was home to unexpectedly powerful electron radiation belts. Their intensity was similar to the massive bands of radiation found around Jupiter.