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Color-corrected images reveal accurate portraits of Uranus and Neptune

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. New research has revealed that the true colors of Neptune and Uranus, which often appear in completely different hues in images, may be more similar than previously thought. The first detailed images of the two… Read More »

What NASA will learn from a mission to a wild world

Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, orbits the outer solar system about two billion miles (3.2 billion kilometers) from Earth. It’s a huge world; It is four times the diameter of Earth, 15 times its mass, and 63 times its volume. Uranus, which has not been visited by spacecraft in more than 35 years,… Read More »