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James Webb telescope may have discovered a mysterious, never-before-seen substance on Pluto and Titan

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James Webb telescope may have discovered a mysterious, never-before-seen substance on Pluto and Titan
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A mysterious wavelength of light is missing from the dwarf planet Pluto and Saturn's supersized moon Titan, new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations show. The surprising discovery hints that these worlds harbor an unknown molecule that has not been seen in any other solar system world or exoplanet so far.Every element or molecule in the universe absorbs unique wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. Therefore, one of the main ways astronomers study distant worlds — both inside and ou

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