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Pluto 'paints' its largest moon red: NASA

The reddish polar region on Pluto's largest moon, Charon, is an effect of methane gas escaping from the icy dwarf planet's atmosphere, say scientists who solved the mystery behind the coloured......

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 reveals Pluto's secrets

NASA’s Pluto experts have revealed new high resolution close up images of the surface of Pluto -- and admit they are stunned by the planet. They reveal a ‘bewildering variety of surface......

FIRST PHOTOS: A whole new world on Pluto

The mind-blowing dwarf planet has ice mountains and water A close-up image of a region near Pluto’s equator reveals a range of youthful mountains.Photograph: NASA It has been relegated to a......

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......

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