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James Webb Telescope Detects Signs of Oceans and Organics on Dwarf Planets

By Brian Wang

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Mar 25, 2024
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Dwarf planets Eris and Makemake (out by Pluto) have surfaces bearing methane ice of unknown origin. This ice can provide important insights into the origin and evolution of volatiles in the outer solar system.

We probably need to send new probes to the Dwarf planets to conclusively determine if liquid oceans have microbial life.

Because producing abiotic …

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