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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the giant, icy worlds are similar in many ways, a thinner, more active haze makes Neptune more blue than Uranus. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Roses are red. Neptune’s deep blue. Why, scientists ...

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 ...

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 research ...

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 ...

The recently discovered outermost ring of gas giant Uranus is a bright blue, scientists said Thursday. Saturn is the only other planet with an identified blue outer ring in the solar system. Both blue ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...