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 ...

A team of scientists from the University of Oxford has concluded that our popular ideas about the colors of the planets Uranus and Neptune are all wrong. Far from being two distinct shades, they are, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Neptune, long believed to be dark blue, is actually very pale like Uranus, scientists say. They used modern telescopes to re-assess artificially enhanced images taken by NASA's Voyager 2 probe. We can ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Images of Uranus and Neptune captured decades ago and showing the planets, respectively, as light green and bright blue orbs have since become enshrined as our collective vision of ...

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 ...

In pictures of the farthest planets from the sun, Uranus looks like a pale-green orb, while Neptune usually looks much bluer. A new analysis revealed their true colors. Here's NPR's Nell ...

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.