Reflecting Telescope

The weather for Neptune today is sunny, with a chance of reflective clouds. Learn more about the uniquely blazing atmosphere of this ultra-hot exoplanet.

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For the first time in nearly three decades of observations, clouds seen on Neptune have all but vanished. Images from 1994 to 2022 of the big blue planet captured from Maunakea on Hawaiʻi Island through the lens of W. M. Keck Observatory, along with views from space via NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show clouds are nearly gone with the exception of the south pole.