NASA news: These pictures of Pluto are New Horizon’s most detailed images ever taken

Another fascinating photo revealed unusual blade-like formations on the dwarf planet’s surface. The features dubbed penitentes are bowl-shaped depressions surrounded by spires up to several hundreds of feet tall. NASA said: “NASA’s New Horizons mission revolutionised our knowledge of Pluto when it flew past that distant world in July 2015. “Among its many discoveries were […]

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