A 1986 image of Uranus and a 1989 image of Neptune released shortly after each Voyager 2 flyby, compared with the study’s reprocessed images of the planets that better approximate their true colors.

Back in the late 1900s, the images Voyager 2 recorded of Uranus and Neptune were in single colors combined to create composite images that showed the planets to be cyan and azure, respectively.

Most people think of Uranus and Neptune as pale greenish blue and royal blue. But a new study shows the two planets are actually a very similar color.

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 ...

This is why the University of Oxford decided to showcase the two planet’s true colors in this new image. Both planets are actually a greenish-blue color, with very similar makeup.

Jan. 5 (UPI) --The true colors of Uranus and Neptune are different than what has been commonly portrayed, according to new research from the Royal Astronomical Society released Friday. The ...

While the chemicals are different, the color of Uranus is actually related to why Earth's oceans are blue. In the case of water and our oceans, red light is absorbed very quickly by water ...

The images of Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, and Neptune, the eighth planet, were collected in 1986 and 1989, respectively, as NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft headed out of the solar system.

The distant planets are more similar in appearance than previously believed. Neptune and Uranus show true colors in new photos Researchers reveal the true colors of the planets Neptune and Uranus ...

While Uranus and Neptune are similar in color, according to the research, Neptune does have a "slight hint of additional blue", which the model shows is because of a thinner haze layer on the planet.

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 ...