Giant heart spotted on Pluto in closest ever pictures of dwarf planet
It has been a labour of love for scientists who have waited nine years for Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft to get close enough to Pluto to take these pictures. And it appears that the dwarf-planet shares their affection after the closest image ever taken shows a giant heart-shaped area. The image was …
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