Fascinating images of Pluto and its moons captured by NASA

Back in 2006, NASA launched the New Horizons interplanetary space probe. That probe’s mission was initially to perform a flyby study of Pluto and in 2015 it managed to do just that.

Some of the first images from the probe depicted a blurry vision of Pluto. With round spots in space and nothing particularly exciting. But as the probe went further and further into space, the images sent back became clearer and clearer. Some of the images since then have been remarkable and have helped the space agency learn more about the so-called dwarf planet. 

We’ve collected some of the interesting images of Pluto that NASA has collected so far. 

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