In July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft revealed Pluto in stunning detail during its historic flyby. The images showed an icy world with mountains, plains, and complex terrain, proving Pluto is far more active and diverse than scientists expected. | SpaceEve

13K views · 9.2K reactions | These are real images of Pluto’s surface from NASA’s New Horizons flyby in 2015. The visuals show frozen plains and icy mountains, while the audio is a sonification of scientific data, since sound cannot travel through space. Together they offer our most immersive encounter with Pluto. Follow @spaceeves #Pluto #NewHorizons #SolarSystem #SpaceExploration | SpaceEve | Facebook

A Kuiper Belt object, spotted by our Hubble Space Telescope and visited in a flyby by our New Horizons spacecraft was named this week. With consent from Powhatan Tribal elders and representatives, it is now officially known as "Arrokoth," a Native American term meaning “sky” in the Powhatan/Algonquian language. Watch: https://youtu.be/b9YcPB0qAig | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration