Now here’s a shocker from out of nowhere–Pluto, that planet that was formerly a planet but is now merely just a dwarf planet, is apparently changing color.

Sure, it may look like a yellow-orange speck out in the distance to us, and with a whole lot of gray shot through it besides, but according to researchers and thanks to pictures from our favorite space telescope the Hubble, Pluto is now “twenty percent redder”.  But that’s not the end of the strange changes on Pluto, no sir–apparently, the nitrogen on the planet’s surface is “glowing”, and what’s more, it’s getting lighter near the north pole and DARKER to the south!

Man, what’s going on on everybody’s favorite underdog planet, anyway?  Is it natural?  Are aliens getting ready to invade earth?  Should we even CARE?  Naturally, scientists have not one idea if this is a problem or not, but one thing’s clear–this is weird.  Apparently, Pluto didn’t actually change color ONCE from 1954 until 2000.  And now all of a sudden (in geological terms) it’s twenty percent redder?  What happened, man?!

Hopefully we’ll have some answers for you soon.  Until then, keep it here for all the latest planet color news.