Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Like a planet scorned

A few years ago, Pluto was kicked out of the big boys club and downgraded to the status of a dwarf planet.

Astronomers around the world beware - Pluto is starting to get a little angry!
Pluto is turning brighter and redder as its 248-year-long rotation around the sun changes its seasons, NASA reported on Thursday.
(Credit: NASAESA, and M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute))

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