Voyager 2/ISS images of Uranus and Neptune released shortly after the Voyager 2 flybys in 1986 and 1989, respectively, compared with a reprocessing of the individual filter images in this study to ...

Back when Voyager 2 visited Neptune and Uranus, it discovered something unique about the planets' magnetic fields. By way of comparison, Earth's magnetic field is created by swirling molten iron ...

In 1986 and 1989, Voyager 2 made the final two stops on its grand tour of the outer solar system when it swept by Uranus and Neptune, respectively. Now, nearly 40 years later, ...

Think of Uranus and Neptune, the solar system’s outermost planets, and you may picture two distinct hues: pale turquoise and cobalt blue. But astronomers say that the true colors of these dis… ...

The way most of the public thinks Neptune and Uranus look, especially "big blue" Neptune, does not likely resemble what astronomers say these icy giant worlds actually look like. The planets of ...

The existence of these hidden oceans on Neptune and Uranus, as well as a lack of mixing within their interiors, a key feature in generating planetary magnetic fields, may hold the answer to why.

Uranus and Neptune are not the colour we tend to think they are, scientist have said.. Generally, Neptune is depicted as a rich, deep blue. Uranus is usually seen as a pale green or cyan. In fact ...

Because Uranus and Neptune are so far away, scientists only have educated guesses about the combination of ices and gases that make up these ice giants. While the general understanding is that ...

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 of ...

The hidden moons were discovered orbiting Uranus and Neptune, and the discovery brings the moon counts for these planets to 28 and 16, respectively. The discovery of these hidden moons is both ...

Uranus and Neptune haven’t had a spacecraft visitor since NASA’s Voyager 2 mission more than 30 years ago. The study authors said that if a dedicated spacecraft were to orbit Uranus, ...

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.