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Scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) say they may have found an answer to a puzzle that has lingered for nearly four decades involving the radiation belts surrounding Uranus.
When NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past Uranus in 1986, it made a surprising discovery. Instruments detected an electron radiation belt far stronger than scientists had predicted. Comparisons with other planets suggested Uranus should not have been able to sustain radiatio...
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