A dwarf planet far beyond Pluto might have a paper-thin atmosphere

Here's what the James Webb Space Telescope detected.

Scientists have detected methane gas glowing faintly above Makemake, an icy dwarf planet smaller and farther than Pluto in space.

Until now, Pluto was the only object that far out in the solar system known to have gas. The study, led by the Southwest Research Institute, …

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