NASA has released the first high-resolution close-up images of Pluto. The agency's scientists say they have discovered what they believe are mountains ... features as small as a mile across.

These are the first close-up images from ... “There are mountains in the Kuiper Belt,” said principal investigator Alan Stern. “We now have an isolated small planet that is showing activity ...

New close-up images of a region near Pluto's equator reveal a giant surprise: a range of youthful mountains rising as high as 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) above the surface of the icy body (Mount ...

"I was there to take photos of the mountains and that's what I did," Shepherd told David Slatter of NK News. Shepherd shared some pictures and commentary (edited for clarity) with Business Insider.