Latest images from the New Horizons spacecraft.

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Pluto may have a polar ice cap. This is the tantalising prospect revealed in the latest images to come down from the New Horizons spacecraft. 

 

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The diminutive world remains blob-like in the images, even though it is being seen through New Horizons' powerful Lorri telescope.

Nonetheless, this is the best ever view we have had of Pluto, says mission principal investigator Alan Stern from the Southwest Research Institute. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-32524978

[Dave Lloyd]

Getting intriguing now.

[recceranger]

I hope it ain't another dull grey asteroid!

[Alien 13]

My guess would be LP from the advanced civilisations living there.

On a serious note I have often wondered if Pluto has a molten core due to the proximity of Charon and the tidal forces.

Alan