JWST Reveals Four Distinct CO₂ Types on Saturn’s Moons

JWST Reveals Four Distinct CO₂ Types on Saturn’s Moons
By Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://ift.tt/T6mzULJ)

What can carbon dioxide (CO₂) on Saturn’s moons teach scientists about their formation and evolution? This is what a recent study submitted to The Planetary Science Journal hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the different types of CO₂ that exist on several of Saturn’s mid-sized moons. This study has the potential to help scientists better understand the existence of CO₂ on planetary bodies and what this could mean for their formation and evolution, and potentially whether they could possess life as we know it.

July 29, 2025 at 10:26AM
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