Zhang published a paper in 2017 that hypothesized that Pluto's atmosphere was dominated by haze particles, which would've made it completely different from other atmospheres in the solar system.

JWST confirms Pluto’s haze cools its mesosphere and drives methane escape, coating Charon’s poles red. The haze absorbs UV ...

While a haze-free Pluto ought to be at a temperature of 100 ... someday provide a geoengineering solution to counteract the effects of global warming, if our environmentally-minded efforts to ...

"We believe these hydrocarbon particles are related to the reddish and brownish stuff seen in images of Pluto's surface," Zhang said. The researchers are interested in studying the effects of haze ...

New James Webb Space Telescope data reveal Pluto's high-altitude haze is a key driver of the climate on the dwarf planet, ...

Simultaneously cooling Pluto while energizing atmospheric molecules to allow them to escape into space, Pluto's haze plays a ...

and it comes down to the previously unappreciated shielding effects of tiny sooty particles that create a haze. Previously, all calculations to explain Pluto’s chilly air have focused solely on ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this image of Pluto's surface shrouded in atmospheric haze. (Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI) The first observations of Pluto by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ...

"We believe these hydrocarbon particles are related to the reddish and brownish stuff seen in images of Pluto's surface," Zhang said. The researchers are interested in studying the effects of haze ...