James Webb Just Scanned Pluto for The First Time _ And It_s Horrifying
An analytical overview of mid-infrared thermal spectroscopic scans of Pluto executed by the James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI instrument. This episode details how high-precision infrared light curves separated Pluto's thermal output from Charon, uncovering a haze-controlled atmospheric balance, volatile ice migration, and atmospheric collapse patterns driven by its 248-year elliptical orbit. Follow planetary scientists as they analyze complex organic tholin fallout, track surface nitrogen sublimation, and re-examine the hostile, evolving chemistry at the edge of the Kuiper Belt.
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