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Key takeaways The haze particles that dominate Pluto’s atmosphere—such as nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide—control the atmosphere’s energy balance as the particles are heated and cooled. This ...
More information: Tanguy Bertrand et al, Evidence of haze control of Pluto's atmospheric heat balance from JWST/MIRI thermal light curves, Nature Astronomy (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02573-z ...
The ‘Crazy Idea’ of Haze Cooling Pluto’s Atmosphere In 2017, Xi Zhang, a researcher at UC Santa Cruz, proposed a controversial idea: the haze particles in Pluto’s atmosphere could play a ...
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