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Not Just An Ice Block: The Changing Face Of Pluto

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Brian-McLaughlin

Pluto has been revealed to be more dynamic than previously thought. New images, taken with Hubble’s revived Advanced Camera for Survey’s High Resolution Camera, reveal changing surface features where the changes are likely caused by ice sublimiating at the poles of the dwarf planet and then redistributing to other parts of the surface. The color […] Continue reading →

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