• Previous images of Neptune and Uranus, particularly from Voyager 2, were inaccurately blue and green due to image processing for detail enhancement.
  • New research analyzed data from Hubble and VLT telescopes to reveal their “true” colors are both a similar shade of greenish-blue.
  • Neptune still has a slightly bluer tinge due to a thinner haze layer.
  • Uranus may appear slightly greener in summer/winter but bluer in spring/autumn due to its unique tilt.
  • This research corrects a long-held misconception about these distant planets.
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    10 months ago

    Crap, how will we be able to tell Titania vs Triton colonies in future geoguessr now?

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        10 months ago

        Are you telling me we’ll have to find new words for every world’s "geo"graphy and "geo"logy too? That won’t be convenient.