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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed that Pluto’s ethereal, bluish haze represents "a new kind of climate”.

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00:00Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed that Pluto's ethereal bluish haze, composed of organic molecules from sunlight-driven reactions, is actively regulating its climate by absorbing sunlight during the day and then releasing it as infrared radiation, chilling the atmosphere to about negative 333 degrees Fahrenheit.
00:22Scientists say this represents a new kind of climate not seen elsewhere in our solar system.
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