European astronomers have used ESO’s Very Large Telescope, the New Technology Telescope, and TRAPPIST: TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope, to check for the first time whether one of the largest objects known in the outer Solar System – the dwarf planet Makemake (pronounced MAH-keh MAH-keh) – is surrounded by an atmosphere. This is an artist’s impression of the dwarf planet Makemake, one of the largest objects known...
