NASA’s Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto’s largest moon
- NASA’s Webb telescope has detected carbon dioxide on Charon, which exists as a solid layer on its icy surface, per a statement from the Southwest Research Institute .
- Between 2022 and 2023, scientists utilized JWST’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph to obtain “full coverage” of Charon’s northern hemisphere to analyze light interaction.
- "The detection of carbon dioxide was a satisfying confirmation of our expectations,” says Silvia Protopapa, lead author and principal scientist at SwRI.
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