The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), operated by NASA, has uncovered intriguing new details about Charon—Pluto’s largest ...

Its large 6.5-meter mirror and infrared capabilities have allowed scientists to detect carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Charon's surface, adding to our understanding of this distant world.

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 Cite This Page : ...

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 ...

Scientists also discovered carbon dioxide on Charon. It sits as a solid “veneer” atop the icy surface, according to a statement from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), whose researchers ...

NASA celebrates James Webb telescope anniversary with new images 05:25. Scientists have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, offering ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide at the surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially shedding light on its origins.

Scientists recently detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the frozen surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon. The researchers conducted the survey using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

A Southwest Research Institute-led team has detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide for the first time on the frozen surface of Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, using observations from the James ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...