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Webb Telescope Detects Gas on Distant Dwarf Planet Makemake for the First Time


Methane gas may signal an atmosphere or geological activity on a distant dwarf planet located at the outer edge of the Solar System. A research team led by the Southwest Research Institute has detected gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). With t

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