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Scientists Made A Discovery On Pluto's Largest Moon Which May Shed Light On Its Icy Origins
Since its discovery in 1978, Pluto's largest moon, Charon, has been studied closely. However, scientists have been unable to ...
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James Webb Space Telescope deciphers the origins of Pluto's icy moon Charon
"The surface of Charon, as revealed by the New Horizons mission, features numerous craters surrounded by bright ejecta blankets that are rich in water ice and ammonia-bearing compounds," Protopapa ...
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An SwRI-led team detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide spectral signatures on Pluto’s largest moon Charon using Webb telescope observations (white), which extend the wavelength coverage ...
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Pluto: What are NASA’s five big discoveries so far?
If you stood on Pluto's surface ... at the edge of the Solar System. But on Charon, Pluto's nearest moon, they found this most familiar of geological features. There was more, on Pluto itself ...