Pluto’s snow-capped mountains look like they belong on Earth, but researchers have discovered that the snowy tops of these features are actually made of methane frost. These mountains gather ...

The discovery that completely changes the way we understand Pluto: its new climate is discovered. All thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. CONNOR REID. Actualizado 17/06/2025 - 14:50 CDT.

James Webb reveals Pluto's unique climate system. ... This discovery validates predictions made in 2017 and highlights a climate system distinct from any other in the solar system.1 2.

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

It’s been seven years since Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft, the fastest vehicle ever launched, screamed by the dwarf planet Pluto, its icy domain 5.9 kilometers from the Sun, but scientists ...

From its discovery in 1930 all the way until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet. However, Pluto was always considered a bit of an oddball, due to its rather strange orbit, which was far from ...

Pluto and Charon’s unique characteristics make them the largest binary system in the trans-Neptunian region. Their shared orbital axis and comparable sizes—with Pluto’s diameter about 1,200 ...

For a long time, we thought Pluto was unique in the Kuiper Belt. ... In 1978, astronomers discovered that Pluto had a very large moon nearly half the dwarf planet's own size.

Pluto's snow-capped mountains look like they belong on Earth, but researchers have discovered that the snowy tops of these features are actually made of methane frost.