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A recent analysis of the images reveals two different layers of haze. It captured the sunlight shining through the tiny planet’s atmosphere, revealing a haze that rested as high as 130 km above the surface.

“This terrain is not easy to explain”, said Jeff Moore, leader of the New Horizons Geology, Geophysics and Imaging Team.

At 9 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, the spacecraft sent messages back to mission operations at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland, confirming it had completed its mission, ending nerve-wracking hours for the craft’s operators on Earth. “While...