Based on the state of energy exhibited by Pluto, experts speculated that the haze must be facilitating a cooling effect. "Based on New Horizon's temperature observations from 2015, we found that ...

Besides the haze heating the atmospheric molecules so that they can escape, Zhang also realized that the haze could have a cooling effect on Pluto's atmosphere — an effect that had previously ...

For the dwarf planet Pluto, however, the predicted temperature based on the composition of its atmosphere was much higher than actual measurements taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.

The haze in Pluto's atmosphere was indeed radiating heat, just as the theory suggested it would. But these findings tell us more than how Pluto cools itself.

Over the past decade, researchers have been puzzling through Pluto’s mysteries. Meanwhile, the New Horizons probe heads for interstellar space.

Pluto's Haze in Bands of BlueThis processed image is the highest-resolution color look yet at the haze layers in Pluto’s atmosphere. Shown in approximate true color, the picture was constructed ...

If you were standing on Pluto and looking up, you probably wouldn’t notice the haze, said George Mason University’s Michael Summers. In fact, New Horizons had to wait until after its closest ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The sky over Pluto may not be sunny but it’s undoubtedly blue. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft discovered Pluto’s blue sky during the historic flyby of the icy dwarf planet in ...

A stunning silhouette of Pluto taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft after it shot past the icy orb last week show an extensive layer of atmospheric haze, while close-up pictures of the ground ...