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Pluto Turning Redder

Hubble photos reveal major changes on ex-planet's surface

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 5, 2010 2:10 AM CST

(Newser) – Astronomers haven't been ignoring Pluto since its demotion to "dwarf planet" in 2006, particularly now that it's putting on a color show for scientists. Newly processed images from the Hubble Space Telescope have given scientists their best view yet of Pluto, which is 20%...   Read full story »

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