"Revealing Neptune and Uranus: True Colors and Surprising Portraits Unveiled"

A new study led by Professor Patrick Irwin from the University of Oxford, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, has used reprocessed Voyager 2 images and recent data from the Hubble Space Telescope to reveal that Neptune and Uranus are actually a similar shade of greenish-blue, contrary to the long-held belief that Neptune is deep blue and Uranus is pale cyan. The study also explains the seasonal color changes of Uranus, attributing them to variations in methane concentration and icy haze in its atmosphere, providing a more accurate understanding of the true colors of these distant ice giants.