NASA released the best color pictures yet of Charon on Thursday. The images were taken by the New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby of Pluto in July and transmitted to Earth 1 1/2 weeks ago.

"False colour": The image combines blue, red and infrared views to best highlight surface features Pluto's major moon, Charon, takes centre stage in this week's release of new pictures from the ...

The first newly released picture, above, was taken July 14, just before New Horizons made its closest approach to Charon. It shows a lunar surface with far less colour variation compared with Pluto.

JHUAPL/SwRI/NASA — -- The cracks, bruises and colorful spots on Pluto's largest moon, Charon ... photos from its July 14 flyby back to Earth. With data downlinking at a rate of about 1 ...

“Charon is now emerging as its own world. Its personality is beginning to really reveal itself.” Pluto is showing a little love of its own. On Wednesday, NASA revealed this picture — the ...

NASA released the best colour pictures yet of Charon on Thursday. The images were taken by the New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby of Pluto in July and transmitted to Earth 1 1/2 weeks ago.

NASA released the best color pictures yet of Charon on Thursday. The images were taken by the New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby of Pluto in July and transmitted to Earth 1 1/2 weeks ago.