All the planets of the solar system are very different, but similarities are also seen in many planets. There are many similarities between Earth and Mars, while Earth and Venus have some similarities despite having many differences. Something similar happens in the planets Uranus and Neptune also. In fact, a new research in Britain has revealed that the color of the last planets of the solar system, Neptune and Uranus, is not blue.
What does the research say?
Now a new research has been done under the leadership of British astronomers. It has been revealed that the colors of Neptune and Uranus, the last planets of the solar system, are different from earlier research. Pictures of both the planets were revealed by space missions conducted in the 1980s. The color of Neptune was dark blue and that of Uranus was green. But new study has revealed that the color of both the planets is greenish-blue shade. Let us tell you that these two planets are also called diamond rain planets. Both these planets are made of huge ice. It turns out that previous photographs of Neptune were darkened to show details of the planet’s atmosphere, altering its original color.
what is the real color
Professor Katherine Hemans of Edinburgh University told BBC Radio that she first did something with the photos which everyone does today while uploading photos on Instagram. He said the blue color was thickened to show the features in Neptune’s atmosphere that we can see. This is why the before photo looks very blue. But actually the color of Neptune is similar to that of Uranus.
According to Professor Patrick Irwin of Oxford University, who led the research, astronomers have known for a long time that the pictures of the two planets do not look like their actual colors. He further said that artificial colors were known to planetary scientists at that time. Apart from this, when these pictures were released, this thing was also written in the caption. But that was lost with time. Apart from this, Dr. Robert Massey, Deputy Director of the Royal Astronomical Society, said that changing the colors of photographs is a normal process in astronomical research. He said that this is how things are changed to see them. Robert Massey further said that it is wrong to think that this has been hidden from the people.
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