The clouds only appear to be behind the sun when too much light passes through the cloud and strikes the camera's film or sensor, causing overexposure. Our fact-check sources: Rona Oran , Jan. 20 ...

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As HD 45166 collapses under its own ... “These remarkable data give us the strongest evidence yet that Neptune’s cloud cover correlates with the Sun’s cycle,” said senior study author ...

Conversely, during the sun’s nadir, Neptune’s vaporous veil fades away — although it isn’t known why the current dearth of clouds is so extreme compared with previous cycles.

WLKY Meteorologist Matt Milosevich has sun breaking through the clouds but temperatures struggle today. Trending milder for the end of the week.

Goodbye, sun; Goodbye, clouds. Low-level cumulus clouds — which tend to top out at altitudes around 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) — were strongly affected by the degree of solar obscuration.

Neptune’s clouds have been signature features in images of the planet for decades. But now, the world is essentially devoid of them. For the new study, researchers investigated whether the sun ...