Both ice giants are similar pale blue, new research finds, correcting earlier beliefs about the planets’ relative hues
It’s a colour beloved by interior designers, but it seems duck-egg blue is also splashed across our solar system, with research suggesting it is the true colour of both Uranus and Neptune.
The new work puts paid to the popular belief that Neptune has a deep blue hue, suggesting instead both planets are a similar colour – with Neptune only slightly more blue than Uranus.
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