Something supercharged Uranus with Radiation during Voyager Flyby 40 Years ago — Scientists now know what.

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Something supercharged Uranus with Radiation during Voyager Flyby 40 Years ago — Scientists now know what.

️Scientists may have solved a long-standing mystery surrounding Uranus extraordinarily strong radiation belt.️

A new analysis of Voyager 2 data suggests that a temporary space weather event may have made the planet's electron radiation belt more intense than usual as Voyager 2 was passing by. The findings could help to explain why the radiation belt was so much stronger than scientists had predicted it would be.

https://doi.org/10.1029/2025gl119311

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