A new treatment of images collected by Voyager 2 in the late 1980s using data from the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the actual colors of the solar system's distant ice giants, Neptune and Uranus.
  • @abbotsbury
    2•11 months ago

    Visually, yeah, can hardly tell it’s spinning on its side

    • threelonmusketeersEnglish
      0•11 months ago

      Fair enough. The ice giants are difficult to see from Earth anyway. I can’t wait for the upcoming Uranus orbiter!

      • @abbotsbury
        1•11 months ago

        Yeah I’m for sure interested in what probes could tell us about the inner structure of ice giants.