First Real Pictures of Pluto’s Surface – What Have We Discovered?

Pluto nearly fills the frame in this image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, taken on July 13, 2015 when the spacecraft was 476,000 miles (768,000 kilometers) from the surface.

The dwarf planet Pluto is one of the most exciting celestial bodies in our galactic neighbourhood. In today’s article we would like to present you with some real images of Pluto and provide you with a lot of background information and important facts about the former planet in the same breath.