593357 external_news 1499695859 1499698249 The new research of Uranus' strange revolving-door magnetic field, led by Carol Paty, assistant professor with the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, continues to generate interest from science media outlets. The PBS Newshour story starts by marveling that the Voyager 2 data from 1986 that was the foundation for the research is still giving up secrets so many years later. Meanwhile, a Space.com story focuses on the "geometric nightmare" that is Uranus; the planet rotates on its side to begin with, and Paty says the magnetosphere "tumbles very fast, like a child cartwheeling down a hill, head over heels."

 

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