Pluto’s Thin Atmosphere May Be Starting to Shrink

Aug 4, 2026 - 09:30
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Pluto’s Thin Atmosphere May Be Starting to Shrink
According to NASA scientists, complex chemical compounds called tholins give Pluto a distinctive blue haze. Image credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute.

Pluto’s tenuous atmosphere appears to have begun contracting after years of holding steady, according to a new study published in the Planetary Science Journal.

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