This distant planet has wild weather and gemstone clouds
In this episode of NPR's Shortwave, science correspondent Katia Riddle and host Regina Barber (joined by All Things Considered’s Scott Detrow) explore recent space science discoveries, from Neptune’s moon Naiad and its clues about the solar system’s origins to weather patterns on a distan
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