Then, the team revisited Voyager 2's images and rebalanced them in line with the new data, showing both planets are actually similar shades of blue. The color comes from a layer of methane in the ...

“Although the familiar Voyager 2 images of Uranus were published in a form closer to ‘true’ color, those of Neptune were, in fact, stretched and enhanced, and therefore made artificially too ...

A new resident is making a splash at Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center—Neptune, the blue lobster. Neptune is a ...

Neptune is big, it’s blue, and it is a planet that can tear you apart if you happen to drop into one of its massive, ...

During its closest approach to Neptune in 1989, Voyager 2 gathered images in separate colors, which were then recombined into composites that didn't always reflect the "true" color of the planet ...

Historic color photos of Uranus and Neptune are actually the wrong colors, and a recent study used new data and a lot of math to set the record straight. In Voyager 2’s full-color photos of the ...

But in reality, Neptune is far more of a light greenish blue. It's actually pretty similar in color to its fellow ice giant Uranus, also visited by Voyager 2.

The next time you’re around Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center, keep an eye out for Nahant’s newest resident, Neptune — he’s so rare that he’s literally one in 2 million — though a unique ...

The deep blue false color image became the widely circulated image and it was mostly forgotten what the true color of Neptune is. Older reporters and scientists still remember, but the general public ...

In addition to rebalancing Neptune's colors, the research team also investigated the unusual color changes seen on Uranus during its 84-year orbit of the sun.