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According to New Scientist, a planetary researcher at Southwest Research Institute in Texas named Ben Teolis talked about the seasonal quirks of Uranus’ moons in a presentation at the annual American Geophysical Union meeting last week. Based on carbon dioxide experiments and computer models, Teolis reportedly found that as the moons’ poles exit a 42-Earth-year night, solar radiation could rapidly convert surface ice to gas, forming a tenuous exosphere that snows down on the opposite pole to sit for another 42 years.

When springtime comes to Uranus's moons, the increased sunlight may cause ices on the surface to turn into gases, which would create tenuous temporary atmospheres

This first-ever depiction of Charon's methane atmosphere using fresh experimental data gives an insight into the origins of this moon's red patch.

Scientists combined data from NASA's New Horizons mission with novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modelling to reveal the likely composition of the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and how it may have formed

Charon is Pluto's constant companion. Pluto and Charon orbit each other, though Charon is about half Pluto’s diameter.