Neptune’s vanishing clouds linked to Sun’s solar cycle

Plus: Saudi Arabia rolls out world’s first zero-carbon 5G network Sponsored by 🌑 An unusual phenomenon seems to be occurring on Neptune, one of the icy giants within our solar system. Neptune's clouds have vanished for the first time in over three decades of observations. And scientists from the University of California (UC) Berkeley blame the Sun for this disappearing act. The scientists noticed that the typically cloudy upper atmosphere of Neptune began to disappear in 2019. The azure world has relatively sparse cloud cover, except for a small number of clouds drifting above its southern pole. We have the full story in today's [Must Read](. ❇️ Job of the day: [Engineer, Software Process Engineering at Samsung Electronics. Mountain View, California.]( Don’t miss this opportunity and show your interest in the position now! Good morning. I’m Shubhangi, an editorial assistant at IE. This is the Blueprint. Let’s get into it! 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