A panel of planetary scientists has determined that Uranus should be a focus for future exploration by NASA. Should the recommendation go ahead, the agency could launch a $4.2 billion orbiter and ...

According to findings from a newly published Oxford University study, Uranus, left, and Neptune, right, are actually closer in color, bottom, than early images taken by Voyager 2, top, and released in ...

An image of Uranus on the left and Neptune on the right. They look almost indiscernible as they're both light blues. In the summer of 1989, from a remote expanse of our solar system where sunlight is ...

The outermost ring of the planet Uranus turns out to have a bright blue color, according to a report in the April 7 issue of the journal Science. That makes it only the second blue ring to be found in ...

(CNN) — Often appearing in images to have starkly different hues, the true colors of Neptune and Uranus may be more similar than previously thought, new research has found. The first detailed glimpses ...

Neptune, one of our most distant planetary neighbors, may not be the color we've always thought it was. Previous images of far-off planets showed Neptune as being a deep electric blue, while Uranus ...

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently trained its sights on unusual and enigmatic Uranus, an ice giant that spins on its side. Webb captured this dynamic world with rings, moons, storms, and ...

In 1989, Voyager 2 became the first and only spacecraft to ever fly by Neptune, and images from that mission famously show a planet that's a deep azure color. But in reality, Neptune is far more of a ...

When Voyager 2 flew by Neptune in 1989, it sent back images that were processed to better reveal features like bands and a dark spot. But a new study says it's actually a greener planet.