Hunting for dark matter, the invisible substance thought to account for 85 percent of all matter in the cosmos, isn't easy. If it interacts with light at all, it does so incredibly weakly. Still, we ...

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

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals new details about Pluto's climate. Data confirms that Pluto's haze regulates its ...

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.

Simultaneously cooling Pluto while energizing atmospheric molecules to allow them to escape into space, Pluto's haze plays a ...