Secretly Incredibly Fascinating - BONUS SHOW 189: "Clouds On Other Planets"
This is the bonus show for Episode 189! (Clouds)
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore the obviously incredibly fascinating topic of clouds on other Solar System planets, and beyond.
RESEARCH SOURCES:
What are different types of clouds and how do they form? (Space.com)
Mercury Facts (NASA)
Venus: Frequently Asked Questions (Planetary Atmospheres and Space Science Group, Boston University)
Curiosity's Three-Frame Mosaic of Clouds (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Cloudy Sols Are Here Again (NASA Mars Perseverance Rover)
How a NASA Scientist Looks in the Depths of the Great Red Spot to Find Water on Jupiter (NASA)
The Atmosphere Of Jupiter (NASA Juno Mission)
Encyclopedia Britannica entry for Great Red Spot, storm system, Jupiter
The Long Goodbye to Saturn’s Rings (The Atlantic)
Saturn's atmosphere (The European Space Agency)
Uranus' Atmosphere: Layers of Icy Clouds (Space.com)
Neptune’s Clouds Have Vanished, and Scientists Think They Know Why (The New York Times)
Clouds on Pluto? Dwarf Planet's Weather Gets Weirder (Space.com)
Titan’s Largest Methane Lake May Be One Thousand Feet Deep (Smithsonian SmartNews)
The first global map of Titan reveals Earth-like features with a peculiar twist (Popular Science)
Webb, Keck Telescopes Team Up to Track Clouds on Saturn’s Moon Titan (NASA)
NASA Helps Decipher How Some Distant Planets Have Clouds of Sand (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Titanium Clouds Engulf This Ultrahot Neptune-like Planet (The New York Times)
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