Pluto Unveiled: NASA Photos Reveal Ice Mountains and Active Moon

Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 17:30 in Astronomy & Space

The first close-up photo of Pluto revealed a mountain range rising 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) into Pluto's sky, along with a surface just 100 million years old at the most. A view of the dwarf planet's big moon Charon didn't disappoint, either.

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