Pluto pictures show mountains and jelly-bean moon with red spot

By Sarah Knapton
Updated July 30 2015 - 10:08am, first published July 24 2015 - 3:05pm
The first close-up picture of Pluto taken by New Horizons, showing the heart-shaped region named the Tombaugh Regio. Photo:  NASA/APL/SwRI
The first close-up picture of Pluto taken by New Horizons, showing the heart-shaped region named the Tombaugh Regio. Photo: NASA/APL/SwRI
Two of Pluto's smaller moons Nix and Hydra. Photo: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI
Two of Pluto's smaller moons Nix and Hydra. Photo: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI

The latest pictures to be beamed back from the far reaches of the solar system show a newly discovered mountain range on Pluto and the first close-up images of two of the dwarf planet's smaller moons.