The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's atmosphere, while at the same time giving methane and other organic ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made another breakthrough discovery, and this time, its focus is the former planet Pluto. Insights from the JWST have helped researchers discover more about ...

The gas composition of a planet’s atmosphere generally determines how much heat gets trapped in the atmosphere. For the dwarf planet Pluto, however, the predicted temperature based on the composition ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Saturn's largest moon, water and oil would mix — opening the door to exotic chemistry in our ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have peered into a mysterious blue haze cloaking the surface of Pluto — and discovered that it's controlling the dwarf planet's climate and atmosphere.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The haze shrouding Pluto might be made up of ice crystals possessing cyanide hearts, a new study ...

Backlit by the sun, Pluto's atmosphere rings its silhouette like a luminous halo in this image taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft around midnight EDT on July 15. This global portrait of the ...

Observations made with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) — a Boeing 747SP jetliner modified to carry a 106-inch diameter telescope — help explain how Pluto’s haze is formed ...

Saturn’s moon Titan is distinctive, in part for its orange-ish and hazy atmosphere. It’s virtually impossible to see surface features because the haze is so opaque in the visible portion of the ...