Recently, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft both observed Uranus, giving scientists a chance to compare the planet from two different angles.
Hubble, orbiting about 1.7 billion miles from Uranus, captured high-resolution images that showed details of the planet’s atmosphere, including clouds and storms on the side facing the sun. Meanwhile, New Horizons, much farther away at 6.5 billion miles, provided a unique view of Uranus’s twilight crescent, something that can’t be seen from Earth. This simultaneous observation allowed for a richer understanding of the planet.
