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New James Webb Space Telescope data reveal Pluto's high-altitude haze is a key driver of the climate on the dwarf planet, ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have peered into a mysterious, blue haze cloaking the surface of Pluto — and ...
JWST finally detects radiation from Pluto that conclusively determines that Pluto's haze indeed impacts its climate.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Simultaneously cooling Pluto while energizing atmospheric molecules to allow them to escape into space, Pluto's haze plays a ...
New James Webb Space Telescope data reveal Pluto's high-altitude haze is a key driver of the climate on the dwarf planet, offering clues to Earth's ancient atmosphere.
Chandra detects black hole jets 11.6 billion light-years from Earth Massive black hole jets erupted during the universe’s “cosmic noon” epo Jet X-rays shine brighter after colliding with dense ancient ...
May 19, 2025 — The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from the James Webb Space telescope (JWST) in an area of the ...