UCF scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to uncover clues about Neptune's evolution

UCF scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to uncover clues about Neptune's evolution

Space Daily

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Orlando FL (SPX) Mar 07, 2024

A ring of icy rocks orbiting our sun just beyond Neptune may give us a glimpse of how Neptune - and other objects in the outskirts of our solar system - were formed. Mors-Somnus, a binary duo comprised of a pair of icy asteroids bound by gravity, was recently concluded to have originated within the Kuiper Belt, meaning it can serve as a basis to study and enrich our understanding of the dy

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