JWST Reveals Pluto’s Haze Cools Atmosphere, Paints Charon’s Poles Red | Daily Reports Online
Pluto and its moon Charon are shown with a thin haze of organic particles covering Pluto’s sunlit side. The haze both cools Pluto’s upper atmosphere by radiating heat into space and absorbs ultraviolet light that helps propel methane molecules to escape. This explains why Pluto’s mesosphere is colder than expected and why methane is leaking…










