We Met Uranus, Our Solar System’s Weirdest Planet, 30 Years Ago Today
On January 24th, 1986, Voyager 2 swept past our system’s seventh planet, Uranus, on its way through the solar system. It was the first and last time we visited the gas giant, and we found it’s one of the stranger locations in our solar system. Throughout classical times, scholars recognized only six planets: Mercury, Venus,…
