Uranus Breaks (Solar) Wind: Re-Analyzing Data from the Voyager 2 Mission

NASA's Voyager 2 mission, launched in 1977, continues to amaze scientists with its groundbreaking discoveries. One such revelation came from its 1986 flyby of Uranus, the distant ice giant. Voyager 2 detected intense radiation belts surrounding Uranus, but there seemed to be no obvious source for these energetic particles. This perplexing observation puzzled scientists for decades. However, recent analysis of the old data has finally unlocked the mystery. It turns out that a powerful solar wind