Pluto, Surface Revealed by Hubble Space Telescope

[marlo1204]

and to think we have amazing technology, this is the best resolution we can do.

[bornwithclothes]

A godamn disappointment

[GooglFascists]

If you go to Pluto take your ear muffs. Pluto is colder'n

a witch's tit. Just about as near absolute zero, (-451F),

as anyplace in the universe last I heard.

[MillyPebbles]

I'd So Go To Pluto ! Looks Like It's A Party Everyday With Them ! xDD

(I Don't Even Like Partying That Much !)

[koorbtsew]

It is a disco ball

[asspooper65]

disco time go pluto go pluto

[spony123]

@asspooper65  lmao

[tinafanforlife73]

Poor Pluto got downgraded

[TheToxicRadio]

it looks like a disco ball.

[Legomakerx]

weird, why didnt pluto come out rly detailed. it must have some shield which blocks the telescopes from seeing through?

[lulumondo]

Disco ball!!! Who wants to dance

[BlackOps1982]

i thought pluto was red.

[echizenn808]

 ;_;

Its so far and small xD

[SuperTugz]

In my heart, Pluto is still a planet.

[Glennfalconi]

@SuperTugz Yeah really. Just because it orbits slightly diffrent and because it's way smaller. Charon and everything isn't close to our solar system and pluto is. And it's inhabitable? So is the rest right?

[redeyedol]

I'm gonna start a dance club and call it Pluto.

[jbfan124cp]

it looks weird it looks like a disco ball or gray golf ball

[dclaver2]

Screw you pluto, you ain't even a planet. Quick acting so cool.

[RSKullcrusha]

ugly, frozen.

[Oscar847]

Absolutely staggering.

[BarryDennen12]

Looks like a big bowl of snot

[NielsShoe]

Its a few blury photos taken by Hubble as it spins then the photos are used to texture a 3D sphear and its animated.

[celebrityfan1990]

Fake why I mean come on that can't be a picture that looks computerized or blurry I am not saying pluto does not exist I am saying that this picture look animated

[lyue1996]

@celebrityfan1990 Yes, if it wasn't animated it won't move. They have lots of pictures from pluto and then they animate it...?

[19raghu]

They took Pictures and then they animated it

[blueishmonkey1]

How can we see galaxies 14 billion lightyears away with a distinct shape, yet an object a part of our own solar system is that blurry? O.o

[kpheider]

Pluto is that small. Seven moons in the solar system are larger than Pluto.

[1moe7]

Including it's own.

[joh04667]

@1moe7 no

[1moe7]

Pluto's moon is bigger than Pluto. If you didn't know that, you need help with the Solar system.

[Teixas666]

@1moe7 its around half plutos size :P..still big

[joh04667]

dude charon is literally half the size of pluto. and its other two moons are tiny

[puretroubleman]

its not just that, galaxies emit light, pluto just reflects light.

[LilRiiiicoo]

probably because pluto is SO small and galaxies are HUGE. but you make a good point

[1968DodgePolara]

Pluto want be so blurry in 2015 when the space probe reaches pluto for some good clear close up shots of its suface and maybe some form of life there its the last "Planet " in our solar system that has not been explored except the other dewalf planets .

[blueishmonkey1]

Yeah, I read about that probe somewhere. And life? The odds of life being on Pluto, for it's so far away from the sun, is like an unmeasurable amount less than the odds of life being on a planet in the goldilock zone. So, I highly doubt that.

[joh04667]

@1968DodgePolara wtf are you even talking about

[1968DodgePolara]

@joh04667 Sorry I must have it the reply on the wrong person

[ronnie1977able]

@1968DodgePolara the probes name is Horizon and the mission to Pluto is called The Horizon Mission

[1968DodgePolara]

@ronnie1977able Yep your right Thanks soo we all will see clear shots of pluto soon :D

[MrIdontknowanyname]

Because Galaxies generate their own light so we had an better view.But Pluto depends on the Sun so its dimmer than the galaxies and its smaller than the moon so its super hard.Its No use to use the hubble deep ultra field,Never.............

[tituel]

cause galaxies exposed by nasa are not real, are "art" product of the mind of an artist that paint it, but it are not "real" photos

[kpheider]

Thank you for showing an accurate albedo (surface reflectance) image of Pluto. I am so tired of seeing a fake Ganymede "body double".

[Carcass1701]

I would say to find life as we know it from an earth perspective, Will be found on either Mars, or Jupiter/saturns moons. However to say that there is no other/alternate kind of other life out there that can survive in the most hostile dark & cold places would be stupid, given the fact that our knowledge only comes from the smallest pin prick in the fabric of over 100 billion galaxies...I would say there trillions of types of unimaginable kinds of life out there. Perhaps pluto is home to such.

[soar313]

i believe life can exist anywhere,

the scientist on earth are so stuck to the thought that all life must have water, oxygen and heat, but those are only characteristics of ourselves. i dont think life has to be only based upon what we live by. what if extraterrestrials are made different than us and live by oh say... sulfuric acid, carbon dioxide, and extreme heat. its just that we do not know...

[TheSeanMcLean]

First of all, I thank you for all your comments... and kind of building on what I said. Some are saying its to cold to have life there... fair enough... but maybe there WAS life there... but some type of gravity pulled it too far away and it got to cold and all the life was blown away. It could have been the same size as the Earth.. but it got too cold, and it shaddered... all possiblitys....

[kpheider]

Pluto was never large and never had any significant life. Ceres is a much better life candidate than in-the-ghetto Pluto.

[TheSeanMcLean]

I think there's life on pluto...

I don't know if its plants, animals, human, or the most popular, alien.....

But I think that we were destined to be so far away from pluto, that we can't see the life on it.... and I know, I know.... Some low-lives are going to insult me, 'cause I believe in these theorys... but I don't give a rats ass to what they think, my theory, my life...THEIR low-life...

And please if you believe me, pm me....

And sub? No. final theory: I believe there is life on pluto

[butlerproman]

Sounds like your "theory" is based on romantic fantasy rather than any coherent understanding of chemistry and biology, much less any hard evidence that might suggest the possibility of life. It is not my intent to stomp on your belief, but I am curious as to why you believe as you do.

[TheSeanMcLean]

I am one of those people, who doesn't care what science and bioligy have to do with life, I'm good at that. But, I hate romance, so that is not the reason.

I'm a little religious, I believe stuff like that, and if not on pluto, I still think there is other life in our galaxy.But if you think of it, there probably is life somewhere else.

Does that answer your question, butlerproman?

[butlerproman]

To some degree. What do you think of the likelihood of life on other planets and moons in our solar system? Or is there something about Pluto, specifically, that you find particularly engaging?

[TheSeanMcLean]

I don't know. I just think that its too far away to get any information on pluto, and I think that, at least, there WAS life on pluto, maybe even right now, but some gravity pulled the sun away from it billions of years ago, and it got cold, and lots of pieces broke off of it, it could have been another Earth...

[fuadali16]

1st am no low life and am not going to say bad stuff. and maybe you have a point. pluto may have life on it. but it's to far away that means it's frozen cause it does not get anykind of heat from the sun. and i think pluto is a esceped moon of neptune.

thanks for reading this.

[jabahut1]

Why shouldn't there be life on Pluto, no one knows. We trust those idiots at NASA, all they do is lie. I know people who work at NASA that have said that the public would not be able to handle the truth. All people want is visual evidence because they don't understand the fundamentals of dimensional shifts.

[TheSeanMcLean]

First of all, I thank you for all your comments... and kind of building on what I said. Some are saying its to cold to have life there... fair enough... but maybe there WAS life there... but some type of gravity pulled it too far away and it got to cold and all the life was blown away. It could have been the same size as the Earth.. but it got too cold, and it shaddered... all possiblitys....

[jabahut1]

Not really, life could exist on planets without being next to the sun. Its called a Dyson shpere effect. Planets create energy from within the planet. Not all atmospheres have to be 1,000 of feet high. Look at Saturn's magnetic influence on Ice, same goes for heat.

[TheSeanMcLean]

Okay.... if I get one more smart ass comment..... >:-@

Your not smart people... your just pretending.... stop it!!

[jabahut1]

Dude you need to get out of your box. The reason you dont know about this stuff is related to your negligence in research or close mind.

[hutch876]

Haha.. well said...

[doogtoog]

Well, at least we have a craft ob it's wa to pluto so we can take some hi-res photos from close up.

[Midstar1]

Well, that is correct about the best we can do for now until New Horizons reaches that distance. Probably a decent representation of what the dwarf planet might reveal. Nothing too special though, just a rotating sphere that could be done in flash or blender. Can't wait to see the real thing.

[badwolf66]

It looks like a disco ball.

[SpacebuiId]

@badwolf66 what if... it is a disco ball.

[badwolf66]

@SpacebuiId Saturday night disco fever invades the 21st century.

[snarf66]

Wow, are some of these comments on here ignorant. Or are they written by children? The small size and great distance of Pluto results in this image, which is a computer reproduction based on the light received by the telescope. It's the best we have until New Horizons arrives.

[kinsaktube]

Surface revealed: FAIL

[snarf66]

Surface revealed: WIN. It's the best our current technology can do until New Horizons arrives there. These images actually tell scientists a lot about Pluto.

[kinsaktube]

Just because its the best image available now, doesn't mean the surface is revealed, at least this must be entitled "Pluto, Surface PARTIALLY-Revealed by Hubble Space Telescope"

[snarf66]

Actually, a lot is revealed, such as albedo, which gives an idea about surface features and surface composition (how much is ice, how much is rock). The average person will say very little has been revealed, but the scientists can gain a large amount of information from these fuzzy images.

[soren9619]

has there been a date set for when it would get there?

[snarf66]

It's set to arrive July 14, 2015. Still 6 years away, but it is the fastest probe to ever be sent out of the solar system.

[geraDce]

better than nothing.

[SilentWhispers13G]

looks like a disco ball.

[klabaternik]

:D yeah its realy look :D

[sAmMiExIsXAwEsomE]

wow this give sme t=ntohtign

[mcdade10]

I think I must have missed the main part. You did say something about the surface being revealed?

[gbramson09]

hahaha

[trentcreek]

This is from 1994 when it was a lot more primitive. I wonder if there is a newer image.

[RosesGem]

PLZ IF ANYONE CAN ANSWER ME, I WILL BE DAMN THANKFUL TO THEM,.. MY QUESITONS,

what is there behind the mountains?

Scientists say there can be life existing in which planet other thn earth? and can animals live there? what is th temperature of that planet? i think it is pluto but i don know exactly!

pls answer all exact and right, no predicitons, only d correct answers pleasee..

thanku.

[darthbentley]

I know Scientist think their can be life on one of the moons of Neptune or Uranus

[RosesGem]

thnx dude!!!

[chevydeo]

fake. 3d studio or something .

[massoonmann]

I KNEW THAT IT WAS MADE OF PIXELS!!!

[Adzmusik]

That is computer generated. You can see the 3d mesh sphere beneath the "surface" No documented video or picture has been found yet of pluto.. Atleast not until 2015 when the satellite arrives close enough to snap good pics.

[SurpentineSacrifice]

2012, we'll all be dead, jk lol, im not a crackpot, but i cant wait to see what the surface looks like, i hear so many theories, i cant wait just to see it!

[Hubbletz]

You watch too much TV man.

However, you are right, we might die way before that time, but because of the fucking terrorism, pollution and the stupid wars.

[SurpentineSacrifice]

well, i got most of my ideas of 2012 from crackpots on youtube, i dont watch much tv, if thats why you say i watch too much TV. i dont believe in 2012, there are so many freaking doomsayers and im sick of it. i want to be able to look ahead in excitement, without thinking "what if we die in 4 years?".

[hockeyfan000]

why do they look so computer generated, and not like a "real" picture

[trentcreek]

It's a computer interpretation of the light after it was processed by software.

[LongLaiz]

emmm eso q ??

[saveecwkane]

New Horizons wall be ther 2015

[EagleWoLF777]

looks like a computer generated sphere

[kensane]

Its the best they can get it with today's technology, unfortunately :(

[kal12345]

it is

[iwait4u]

thats the first thing i thought when i saw it

[nickcarlson6204]

yea the New Horizons probe is suppose to take like i think 7 more years to get very detailed pictures of pluto....

[iugrehc]

air#

[chikinpotato11]

wow, i hope the cassini or whatever it's called reaches pluto sooner than it seems like

[Blueknightex]

Yeah you're right. The probe that is planned and set to reach Pluto is called

the New Horizons ;)

[chikinpotato11]

well, i was close, what's the one called cassini or is it the same thing as new horizons?

[Blueknightex]

The "Cassini--Huygens" probe was sent to Saturn

It's mission was to drop by and explore Saturn's largest moon Titan. It successfully landed in Titan before it ran out of fuel.

It also discovered other moons of Saturn's along the way. It's not the same as New Horizons.

[chikinpotato11]

well, i was close

[Blueknightex]

Ha ha ;)

[yoshibabe99]

actually Cassini was sent to explore Saturn itself as an orbiter. The Huygens probe that is carried onboard was launched from cassini to explore titan.

[AgentWhite95]

pluto is a planet just that it doesnt have enough to prove astronomers so they unconsider it as a planet

[Blueknightex]

I can't see anything, this is crap..

[chikinpotato11]

well when you photograph a planet over 5 billion kilometers away you shouldn't expect it to show everything. Doing this with the results shown above in the video is highly unlikely, even with the most powerful of telescopes

[Za7a7aZ]

Looked like a computer animation to me.

[JordanoDaMano]

Yeah all who think Pluto is no longer a planet is a non-believer!

[chikinpotato11]

i think it is wrong to reclassify Pluto as a dwarf planet, but they already did so...

[ScientologySucksAss]

It has moons so it's a planet, dwarf planets arn't supose to have moons, dont belive the goverment there dumb

[Blueknightex]

uhhh.... dwarf planets sometimes have moons like Ceres and Sedna. They look like moons and they don't even have an atmosphere! Recent observations by astronomers world wide have proven that Dwarf planets like Ceres and Sedna don't have at atmosphere. They're like moon like planets with moons.

[chikinpotato11]

it's like our moon with minimoons circling it or something

[fatcatracinginc]

pluto is not a planet anymore

[sofiaglade]

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