While Neptune is fondly known for being a rich blue and Uranus green, a new study revealed that the two ice giants are actually far closer in colour than typically thought.Despite the commonly-held belief that Neptune is a deep azure and Uranus .
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While Neptune is fondly known for being a rich blue and Uranus green, a new study revealed that the two ice giants are actually far closer in colour than typically thought. Despite the commonly-held belief that Neptune is a deep azure and Uranus has a pale cyan appearance, the study, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, showed that both worlds are in fact a similar shade of greenish blue. Astronomers have long known that most modern