NASA's Pluto experts have revealed new high resolution close up images of the surface of Pluto -- and admit they are stunned by the planet.
Planetary scientists claim that the Hubble telescope has found hints of "building blocks of life" on Pluto.
The colour image shows atmospheric features on Jupiter, including the famous Great Red Spot, and three of the massive planet's four largest moons.
The details of the transition from defined rays in the corona, the Sun's upper atmosphere, to the solar wind have been, until now, a mystery.
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has returned the best colour and the highest resolution images yet of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, which show a surprisingly complex and violent history.
A preliminary analysis of the image shows two distinct layers of haze.
The first color images of Pluto's atmospheric hazes, returned by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft last week, reveal that the a fine blue tinge.
The mind-blowing dwarf planet has ice mountains and water
NASA has confirmed its New Horizons probe worked flawlessly on its flight past Pluto.
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