Neptune’s clouds have disappeared due to solar cycle

Astronomers have been grappling with an enigma surrounding Neptune, and it seems they may have now unraveled its mystery.

The ghostly, cirrus-like clouds that once adorned the ice giant significantly receded around four years ago, leaving only a solitary patch hovering above its southern pole, CNN reported.

Drawing from nearly three decades of observations of Neptune captured by three different space telescopes, researchers have deduced that the ice giant’s diminished cloud cover might be connected to fluctuations in their prevalence that align with the solar cycle.

This revelation stems from a recent study published in the journal Icarus.

READ MORE: https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/22/world/neptune-disappearing-clouds-solar-cycle-sun-scn/index.html

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