Space and astronomy agencies have advanced their tools to explore the depths of the cosmos. An image of a planet like Pluto, captured through the lenses of a telescope at the NASA and ESAin 1996, is very different from the visuals that we can enjoy today.
According to what you post Astronomy & Spaceon its website, the first time the world saw the surface of Pluto was in 1996, thanks to the virtues of the iconic Hubble Space Telescope.
Back then, about 26 years ago, the images were taken with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Faint Object Camera, the photograph was 100 pixels wide and showed intriguing hints of lighter and darker areas.
When we appreciate the capture we see just a capture in which, for those who do not know the scientific subject, there is no detail to highlight, more than something with low quality.
Pluto according to technological advances from NASA and ESA
Although it may not seem like it, that image gave a lot to astronomy and science in general. However, 10 years later, Hubble allowed us to see two small moons in Pluto’s alignment: Nix and Hydra (far right).
Pluto it now has five known moons, including its large companion Charon (to Pluto’s right), and New Horizons has been looking for more. All seen thanks to the progress of the registry and downloads of what the Hubble.
2015 arrived and everything that had been seen before was surpassed. Thanks to the space probe New HorizonsPluto’s pockmarked plains adjoining the rugged highlands were captured. Light, dark, ice and nitrogen areas managed to be captured in the most recent Hubble images.
The James Webb Space Telescope will now be able to improve on what has already been obtained from the surface of Pluto and the rest of the planets in the solar system.