New Horizons sights tiny Pluto moon as spacecraft races toward dwarf planet

Tuesday, September 16, 2014 - 08:30 in Astronomy & Space

Here's Hydra! The New Horizons team spotted the tiny moon of Pluto in July, about six months ahead of when they expected to. You can check it out in the images below. The find is exciting in itself, but it also bodes well for the spacecraft's search for orbital debris to prepare for its close encounter with the system in July 2015.

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