SMRTR Science & EngineeringSep 24, 2025Science News

Dwarf planet Makemake sports the most remote gas in the solar system

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Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to discover methane gas on Makemake, a distant dwarf planet with an extremely thin atmosphere located beyond Pluto.

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