Pluto images show a dynamic world
Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 16:21
in Astronomy & Space
The dwarf planet looks icy and dark molasses-colored and shows dramatic seasonal atmospheric changes, astronomers say. Newly computer-processed images of Pluto taken by the Hubble Space Telescope show that it is not simply a ball of ice and rock, but a dynamic world that undergoes dramatic atmospheric changes produced by its seasons, NASA said Thursday.