Webb telescope reveals surprising details of Pluto's moon Charon

  • Posted on October 1, 2024
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Webb telescope reveals surprising details of Pluto's moon Charon

Observations by the James Webb Space Telescope are giving scientists a fuller understanding about the composition and evolution of Pluto's moon Charon, the largest moon orbiting any of our solar system's dwarf planets. 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 on Tuesday.
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