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Pluto's hazy skies are making the dwarf planet even colder, James Webb Space Telescope finds
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's ...
Astronomers finally figured out how Pluto cools itself
New data captured by the James Webb Space Telescope has finally given astronomers new clues about how Pluto cools itself.
Astronomers Think They've Discovered a New Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System
A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.
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Astronomers Discover a Possible Dwarf Planet Far Beyond Neptune, Where There Should Have Only Been Empty Space
As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region ...
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Lowell Observatory faces big challenges
Following a multimillion-dollar expansion program in recent times, sudden harsh science cuts are challenging America’s ...
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An extreme cousin for Pluto? Possible dwarf planet discovered at solar system's edge
A small team led by Sihao Cheng, Martin A. and Helen Chooljian Member in the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Natural Sciences, has discovered an extraordinary trans-Neptunian object (TNO), ...
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“It Was a Crazy Idea”: James Webb Space Telescope Confirms Dramatic Phenomenon On Pluto
James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest Pluto’s atmosphere is unlike any other in the solar system, confirming a 2017 ...
'Crazy idea' about cooling effects of Pluto's haze confirmed by new Webb data
The first observations of Pluto by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal dramatic phenomena on its surface, like ...
Discovery about outer solar system during set-up up of planetarium show shocks astronomers
Freak accident’ finding has changed thinking on shape of the Oort Cloud, a theoretical area of deep space believed to be a ...