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

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

"We believe these hydrocarbon particles are related to the reddish and brownish stuff seen in images of Pluto's surface," Zhang said. The researchers are interested in studying the effects of haze ...

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.

and it comes down to the previously unappreciated shielding effects of tiny sooty particles that create a haze. Previously, all calculations to explain Pluto’s chilly air have focused solely on ...

Modeling the heat transfer through Pluto's atmosphere, Zhang and his colleagues found that the net effect is cooling; the haze absorbs solar energy and radiates it into space, a bit like sweat ...

On Pluto, the authors suggest, haze might be more influential ... Some people even propose mimicking this phenomenon to alleviate the effects of climate change. But our planet isn’t dominated ...

"We believe these hydrocarbon particles are related to the reddish and brownish stuff seen in images of Pluto's surface," Zhang said. The researchers are interested in studying the effects of haze ...

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 ...