"NASA Seeks Assistance in Exploring Uranus and Neptune for Groundbreaking Images"

NASA is seeking the assistance of amateur astronomers to study Uranus and Neptune as its New Horizons spacecraft prepares to capture new images of the ice giants. By combining data from New Horizons and telescopes on Earth, NASA hopes to gain insights into the atmospheres of these distant planets. The agency plans to make the Hubble images of Uranus and Neptune publicly available in September, while the New Horizons images will be received in 2023. This collaborative effort is crucial as only one spacecraft, Voyager 2, has previously visited Uranus and Neptune.