Stunning NASA image reveals Pluto's mysterious icy plains

A view of icy, frozen plains on Pluto. Photograph: NASA Smooth, icy plains have been spotted on the surface of Pluto, in the latest images released on Friday from a NASA spacecraft that flew by......

DON'T MISS: Pluto's largest moon Charon in all its glory

A high-resolution enhanced colour view of Charon just before closest approach. Photograph: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has returned the best colour and the highest......

NASA spacecraft finds haze, flowing ice on Pluto

National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s New Horizons spacecraft has discovered flowing ice and a surprising extended haze on Pluto, which show the dwarf planet to be an icy world of......

Greetings from Pluto: NASA probe survives flyby, phones home

NASA has confirmed its New Horizons probe worked flawlessly on its flight past Pluto -- and is now set to begin sending back images that will unravel the mystery of the dwarf planet’s strange......