JWST finally detects radiation from Pluto that conclusively determines that Pluto's haze indeed impacts its climate.

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

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's ...

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.

If this turns out to be correct, the cooling effect on Pluto might have applications ... According to a new study published in Nature today, “Haze heats Pluto’s atmosphere yet explains its ...

A new study proposes a novel cooling mechanism controlled by haze particles ... in images of Pluto's surface," Zhang said. The researchers are interested in studying the effects of haze particles ...

But at -203°C, the observed temperature of Pluto ... theories.” Haze particles also absorb solar energy to heat the atmosphere, but their cooling is stronger, so the net effect is cooling ...

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 ...

One of the more bizarre things they found was that the haze in Pluto’s atmosphere was much ... mimicking this phenomenon to alleviate the effects of climate change. But our planet isn’t ...

The cooling mechanism involves the absorption of heat by the haze particles ... in images of Pluto's surface," Zhang said. The researchers are interested in studying the effects of haze particles ...