Webb has discovered new ice worlds on the outskirts of our solar system that astronomers say may not be dead.
The Kuiper Belt is a donut-shaped region that surrounds most of our solar system. This region is known as the home of Pluto, a dwarf planet that was originally considered one of the nine planets in our solar system. Not much is known about the Kuiper Belt other than that it's full of 'dead' objects. Now, though, Webb has discovered new ice worlds that don't appear to be dead after all.
's New Horizons mission has helped us learn a lot more about Pluto, and future missions to these areas could teach us more about Makemake and Eris themselves. Until then, all we have to work off of is the data that James Webb captures of these ice worlds, and it paints a very intriguing picture that undoubtedly has astronomers chomping at the bit for a chance to explore them more in-depth.
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