We’ve come a long way
For most of the 91 years we’ve known about Pluto, we lacked the technology to see it in any detail. NASA’s animation, above, compiles different observations of the dwarf planet taken over a few decades, showing our evolving view of this far-away world. The first frame is a zoomed-in view of how the dwarf planet looked when it was first discovered by Tombaugh. The following images are views taken by Hubble and New Horizons. Official planet or not, Pluto remains an enigmatic member of our solar system.
