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SwRI-led team discovers methane gas on Makemake
September 09, 2025
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 9 [Category: Business] -- Southwest Research Institute posted the following news release:

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SwRI-led team discovers methane gas on Makemake

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September 9, 2025 -- A Southwest Research Institute-led team has reported the first detection of gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This discovery makes Makemake only the second trans-Neptunian object, after Pluto, w . . .

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