Showing posts with label New Hubble Maps of Pluto Show Surface Changes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Hubble Maps of Pluto Show Surface Changes. Show all posts
Thursday, February 4, 2010
New Hubble Maps of Pluto Show Surface Changes
NASA today released the most detailed set of images ever taken of the distant dwarf planet Pluto. The images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show an icy and dark molasses-colored, mottled world that is undergoing seasonal changes in its surface color and brightness. Pluto has become significantly redder, while its illuminated northern hemisphere is getting brighter. These changes
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