Scientists might finally have worked out the big mystery of Uranus – and space weather might be to blame

Scientists may have explained a mystery that has puzzled us about Uranus for decades. Researchers believe that data that appeared not to make sense was collected by a powerful solar storm. In 1986, Nasa’s Voyager 2 flew by the seventh planet in the Solar System, providing scientists with their first and only glimpse of Uranus, and shaping their understanding of it since.