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JWST Sheds Light on Trapped CO2 Across Saturn’s Satellites
Overview The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has opened a new window into the chemistry of the outer solar system by detecting solid state carbon dioxide (CO2) on eight mid-sized Saturnian satellites. Spanning moons inside and outside the Iapetus–Phoebe region, these observations illuminate how CO2 can be trapped in various host materials at temperatures where…