Five years ago today, our New Horizons mission reached Pluto. The spacecraft revealed that what we once knew only as a tiny dot is a complex and beautiful world: solarsystem.nasa.gov/pluto | NASA Solar System Exploration

Learn about the astonishing discoveries and near-misses of the New Horizons mission to Pluto 🚀 #PlanetExplorers | BBC Earth

Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, discovered in 1930 and reclassified by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2006. It is known for its cold surface, unique orbit, and five moons, the largest being Charon. In 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft provided the first close-up images and data of Pluto. Key characteristics Classification: Pluto is now classified as a dwarf planet. Location: It is located in the Kuiper Belt, a region of icy bodies beyond Neptune. Size and mass: It i