Pluto's hazy sky cools atmosphere
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Pluto's hazy skies are making the dwarf planet even colder, James Webb Space Telescope finds
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's atmosphere.
It is also giving methane and other organic molecules a kick out of Pluto's atmosphere, where some are being gathered up by Pluto 's close companion, Charon .
The discovery of the haze was predicted back in 2017 by planetary scientist Xi Zhang of the University of California , Santa Cruz .
Pluto's climate system is dominated by cycles of sublimation and freezing out of molecular nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide.
Much of the haze hails from the deep glacier in Sputnik Planitia , which is the heart-shaped feature on the dwarf planet's surface.
Understanding Pluto's atmosphere could potentially teach us about our own planet's beginnings.
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