New Horizons
More than nine years, nearly five billion kilometres and we finally saw it: Pluto. Named after the Greek god of the underworld by a 10-year-old school girl, Pluto has been the underdog of the solar system, with its planetary status a cause for debate. But following the flyby of Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft week, Pluto is back to being everyone’s favourite planet that’s not a planet, and – naturally – social media struggled to keep up with the new memes and images.
Here are some of our favourites.
From a blurry blob to mountains
And out tech just gets better and better
Sad Pluto
Humans: the creepy stalkers of the solar system
Walt Disney: a visionary
Is it a planet anyway?
So, if it’s not a planet, what is …. oh no … it couldn’t be … RUN!