James Webb Telescope Spots CO2 on Pluto's Moon Charon
NASA Telescope Finds New Details About Pluto's Largest Moon
NASA's Webb Space Telescope detected traces of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon.
Webb Telescope Reveals Surprising Details of Pluto's Moon Charon
Observations by the James Webb Space Telescope are giving scientists a fuller understanding about the composition and evolution of Pluto's moon Charon, the largest moon orbiting any of our solar system's dwarf planets.
The James Webb Telescope Just Made a Fascinating Discovery About Pluto’s Huge Icy Moon
Chemical Makeup Artist Using new readings from NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have detected previously unknown chemicals on the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon. A press release from the Southwest Research Institute,
NASA: New detection on Pluto’s largest moon
It detected for the first time traces of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Charon, which is about half Pluto’s size. Previous research, including a flyby from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in 2015,
Webb Telescope Reveals Chemical Details of Pluto's Moon Charon
The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully detected both carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the moon, adding to what we know of its unusual composition. Charon is an important object for planetary scientists.
Will Charon go blond? Webb finds bleaching ingredient on Pluto’s largest moon
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to reveal the secrets of our solar system. In a recent discovery, scientists have detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the icy surface of Pluto’s biggest natural satellite,
NASA Detects Carbon Dioxide on Surface of Pluto's Moon Charon
Of these, Charon is the largest. Unlike most other planetary systems, it exists in a "binary system" with its parent body, meaning they both orbit a point in space between the two. Scientists first discovered Charon in 1978 when they were studying the orbit of Pluto.
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Astronomers discover a new exoplanet orbiting the closest single star to the sun
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New planet discovered orbiting a star close to Earth
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New planet discovered: Jupiter-sized but unexpectedly light
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'Sub-Earth' exoplanet discovered around the closest solo star to us
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A magnetic halo in the Milky Way: New discoveries about galactic outflows
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