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How we’ve got to know Pluto

The approach of NASA鈥檚 New Horizons mission means our first close encounter with what used to be the solar system鈥檚 ninth planet. Controversially demoted to the status of dwarf planet, Pluto remains one of our system鈥檚 most alluring destinations 鈥� as a look back over New Scientist鈥榮 coverage shows

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