The planets in our solar system are a veritable rainbow of colors. But what makes them take on all their various hues, and why does each one look so different?

Neptune and Uranus are both ice planets in our solar system, but they possess different shades of blue. While Uranus has a pale cyan color, Neptune is a more vibrant blue.

The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick atmosphere, making up a world so large that more than 1,300 Earths could ...

People from cultures across the world have been looking at Mars since ancient times. Because it appears reddish, it has often been called the red planet. The English name for the planet comes from the ...

Physicists have been doing spectroscopy for well over a century, but there's still more to be done. And what we learn from old science on Earth will help us understand distant planets.

But how would your brain adjust to colors in a completely novel environment — one that didn't exist on Earth? Here's how colors might look on other planets, according to experts.

Fiery rose and peach sunset skies are a unique perk of our home on Earth. But what colors appear when the sun sets on other planets in the solar system?