652123 external_news 1635339901 1635339901 In a related story to the main article about new Uranus maps, the Daily Mail highlights a 2017 study from former researchers with the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences that shed new light about the planet's magnetic field. That study suggested that Uranus’ magnetosphere, the region defined by the planet’s magnetic field and the material trapped inside it, gets flipped on and off like a light switch every day as it rotates along with the planet.

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