The timing of the tick life cycle is why Lyme disease exists, Ostfeld said, and if warming temperatures change the timing, climate change could have a multiplying effect on the spread of the disease.
Like it's sister spacecraft, Voyager 2 also was designed to study the edge of our solar system beyond the planets. Uranus Accomplishments: Following its flybys of Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager 2 was to become the first spacecraft to visit Uranus. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have flown by Uranus. The planet displayed little detail, but gave evidence of an ocean of boiling water about 800 km below the cloud tops.
by Fraser Cain on November 27, 2009. Even in ancient times astronomers knew of 5 planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. But it wasnât until the last few hundred years that the next planet was finally discovered â Uranus.So when was Uranus discovered? Uranus was found on March 13th, 1781 by Sir William Herschel of England.Uranus, seen by Voyager 2. Image credit: NASA/JPL. You might be surprised to know that Uranus is actually bright enough to be seen with the unaided eye.e thought he might have found a nebular star or a new comet. When he presented his findings to the Royal Society, the Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne discovered that it actually had a planet like orbit and didnât seem to posses a tail. It was the first new planet discovered in history.