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What did New Horizons discover about Pluto’s haze layers?
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Pluto as observed by the New Horizons spacecraft, July 13, 2015.
During its 2015 flyby, the New Horizons spacecraft observed that Pluto possesses haze layers that extend up to an altitude of 200 km (120 miles) above its surface.1