Lonely Pluto floats in the darkness at the edge of our solar system - so far away even the Hubble Space Telescope has trouble making out the details.

NASA has released the most detailed and dramatic images ever taken of the distant dwarf planet Pluto.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has released the most detailed and dramatic images ever taken of the distant dwarf planet Pluto.

NASA will hold a news media telecon at 1 pm EST on Thursday, Feb 4, to discuss the latest Hubble images of the distant dwarf planet Pluto.

By DAN SORENSON, ARIZONA DAILY STAR Pluto, the space object formerly known as a planet, will get more attention than Britney's head Sunday morning when it briefly blocks out a star in the constellation Sagittarius.