Monday, February 10, 2025

NASA’s Hubble and New Horizons offers simultaneous look at Uranus

Scientists compared the planet from two different viewpoints.

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.

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