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- Researchers at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) propose that solar storms explain Voyager 2's 1986 detection of Uranus's intense electron radiation belt.
- The authors point to a co-rotating interaction region in the solar wind as the likely influence during Voyager 2's Uranus flyby.
- The mechanism could explain the observed high energy levels.
- The findings emphasize a need for future Uranus missions to study these phenomena.
