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This enhanced color view from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft zooms in on the southeastern portion of Pluto's great ice plains, where at lower right the plains border rugged, dark highlands informally named Krun Macula.

Pluto Reveals its Mysterious, Dark Pits in Krun Macula

Latest New Horizons observations reveal numerous, dark pits of Krun Macula, showing the complex terrain of Pluto.

Scientists from NASA’s New Horizons mission used state-of-the-art computer simulations to show that the surface of Pluto’s informally named Sputnik Planum is covered with churning ice

Pluto's Heart is Still Beating, Mysterious Polygons Identified

Scientists have discovered a new geological process taking place inside the heart of Pluto, as nitrogen bubbles form shapes on the surface.

This mosaic strip – extending across the hemisphere that faced the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew past Pluto on July 14, 2015 – now includes all of the highest-resolution images taken by the NASA probe

Watch This Strip of Pluto's Amazing, Detailed Surface

This detailed mosaic strip spanning 10 miles in width reveals the changing complex terrain of the mysterious dwarf planet, Pluto.

Above, the first two of the 20 observations that New Horizons made of 1994 JR1 in April 2016.

New Horizons Reveals First Images of Mysterious Icy Object After Pluto

New findings from New Horizons reveal the first Kuiper Belt object that the spacecraft investigated after Pluto.

This new visualization of Pluto's space weather depicts solar wind streaming from the sun.

NASA Reveals Pluto's Psychedelic Space Weather

Scientists reveal NASA's New Horizons psychedelic experience with space weather during its journey towards Pluto.

The Mountainous Shoreline of Sputnik Planum: In this highest-resolution image from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, great blocks of Pluto’s water-ice crust appear jammed together in the informally named al-Idrisi mountains.

New Pluto Images Reveal Best Ever, Sharpest Photos of Its Surface

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft just beamed back the best high resolution images from Pluto, from a distance of just 10,000 miles.

Pluto’s Psychedelic Shot Using Data From New Horizons Showing Surprising Features of Its Surface

New Horizon's Psychedelic Shot of Pluto Shows Surprising Features of its Surface

An image from New Horizons shows the subtle variations in color on the dwarf planet Pluto's surface.

The psychedelic colors of this new false color image of Pluto reveals the dwarf planet's complex surface features.

The Science Behind Pluto's Psychedelic Colors

NASA just revealed Pluto in vivid, contrasting psychedelic colors, using a special scientific technique that reveals the dwarf planet's complex world.

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Water on Pluto? New Horizons Also Reveals Pluto's Mysterious Moon Charon

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft also reveals a new image of Pluto's moon Charon showing a mysterious feature and more.

In this handout provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a close-up image of a region near Pluto's equator shows a range of mountains rising as high as 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft as it p

Pluto's Icy Mountain Ranges Come Into View Courtesy of New Horizons

The first series of high resolution images of NASA's New Horizons probe reveal Pluto's complex surface filled with icy mountain ranges and more.

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