Webb telescope detects carbon dioxide, hydrogen peroxide on ... - CBS News
WEB1 day ago — Scientists have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, offering clues about the origins of the space rock and other celestial objects in ...
Carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Pluto's moon Charon
WEB1 day ago — Detection of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the stratified surface of Charon with JWST. Nature Communications , 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51826-4
NASA Detects Carbon Dioxide on Surface of Pluto's Moon Charon
WEB17 hours ago — Much mystery still surrounds Pluto and its moons. But in new research published in Nature Communications today, a team led by astronomer Silvia Protopapa from the Southwest Research Institute in the United States announced they've found carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Charon's surface. The findings, based on data from NASA's James Webb ...
NASA's Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on a …
WEB1 day ago — NEW YORK (AP) — NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto’s largest moon.. It detected for the first time traces of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Charon, which is about half Pluto’s size.. Previous research, including a flyby from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in 2015, revealed that the moon’s surface was coated by ...
James Webb Space Telescope deciphers the origins of Pluto's icy moon Charon
WEB1 day ago — Here’s how it works. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the frozen surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon. Detecting ...
NASA's Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on ... - ABC News
WEB1 day ago — Scientists think the hydrogen peroxide may have sprung from radiation pinging off water molecules on Charon's surface. The carbon dioxide might spew to the surface after impacts, said study co ...
Scientists have found carbon dioxide on Pluto’s largest moon – …
WEB1 day ago — Scientists were able to detect carbon dioxide on Charon thanks to observations from the groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope. Launched in 2021, this space telescope has a large mirror, six ...
Webb telescope reveals surprising details of Pluto's moon Charon
WEB1 day ago — Webb for the first time detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide - both frozen as solids - on the surface of Charon, a spherical body about 750 miles (1,200 km) in diameter, researchers said ...
SwRI-led team discovers carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide …
WEB1 day ago — Carbon dioxide is known to be present in regions of the protoplanetary disk from which the Pluto system formed,” Protopapa said. The presence of hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Charon clearly indicates that the water ice-rich surface is altered by solar ultraviolet light and energetic particles from the solar wind and galactic cosmic rays.
Detection of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the …
WEB1 day ago — Here we present the detection of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2) on the surface of Charon’s northern hemisphere, using JWST data. These detections add to the known chemical ...
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