Pluto's Blue Haze Not Just a Visual Spectacle But an Important Climatic Factor, Study Suggests The James Webb Space Telescope ...

New James Webb Space Telescope data reveal Pluto's high-altitude haze is a key driver of the climate on the dwarf planet, ...

The findings, reported in a ... is due to Charon and what part is due to Pluto's haze," Bertrand told Live Science. Enter the James Webb Space Telescope. According to the 2017 study, if the ...

In the study titled, Evidence of haze control of Pluto's atmospheric heat balance from JWST/MIRI thermal light curves, astronomers revealed that they detected and measured the thermal emission of ...

Simultaneously cooling Pluto while energizing atmospheric molecules to allow them to escape into space, Pluto's haze plays a ...

JWST confirms Pluto’s haze cools its mesosphere and drives methane escape, coating Charon’s poles red. The haze absorbs UV light, heats the upper atmosphere, and re-radiates heat as infrared.

New data captured by the James Webb Space Telescope has finally given astronomers new clues about how Pluto cools itself.

James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest Pluto’s atmosphere is unlike any other in the solar system, confirming a 2017 ...

The first observations of Pluto by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal dramatic phenomena on its surface, like ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope ... Pluto system around a decade ago. "Overall, these factors make Charon an invaluable target from which we can learn extensively," Protopapa said. "Our ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this image of Pluto's surface shrouded in atmospheric haze. (Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI) The first observations of Pluto by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ...