Pluto New Horizons
New Horizons images of Pluto and Charon taken at 13 times from April 12 to April 18, 2015. The view of Pluto in the lower-right inset, highlights the increased brightness at its visible pole, which scientists suggest might be caused by a "cap" of highly reflective snow on the surface.

New images of Pluto suggest the dwarf planet has a polar ice cap. That cap, and other features, were seen in images taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft that for the first time offer better resolution than images from the Hubble Space Telescope.

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