Ka taƙaita labarin:  (CNN) Bayan fiye da shekaru tara na tafiya ta hanyar tsarin hasken rana, NASA ta New Horizons jirgin sama ya aika da farko launi image na Pluto. Hoto na farko da aka fitar a ranar Talata ya nuna wasu 'yan orange-tinted blobs: Pluto da mafi girma watansa, Charon. Amma ba da daɗewa ba binciken zai sake dawo da hotuna masu kyau da kuma wadatar wasu bayanai game da Pluto na nesa, kusurwar da ba a bincika ta tsarin hasken rana ba. "Wannan bincike ne; za mu juya wuraren haske zuwa duniya da kuma tsarin wata a gaban idanunku", in ji Alan Stern, babban mai bincike na New Horizons. An kaddamar da shi a shekara ta 2006, New Horizons yana kusa da mahimmin matsayi a cikin tafiyarsa mai ban mamaki fiye da mil biliyan 3. Ana sa ran binciken zai yi kusa da Pluto a ranar 14 ga Yuli. "A cikin wani jirgin sama da ba a taɓa gani ba a wannan watan Yuli, iliminmu game da abin da tsarin Pluto yake da gaske zai faɗaɗa sosai, kuma ba ni da shakka za a sami abubuwa masu ban sha'awa", in ji John Grunsfeld, wani ɗan sararin samaniya da kuma mataimakin mai kula da Cibiyar Nazarin Kimiyya ta NASA. An gano shi a 1930, Pluto an taba daukarsa a matsayin ƙaramar duniya a cikin tsarin hasken rana. Amma masana kimiyya tun daga wannan lokacin sun sake duba wannan ra'ayi saboda girman Pluto da wurin da yake, suna rage shi zuwa matsayin "dwarf planet": duniyar da ta yi ƙanƙanta don kawar da wasu abubuwa daga hanyarsa. Pluto yana da nisan mil 1,400, kusan rabin faɗin ƙasar Amurka. A mil biliyan 3.6 a cikin hasken rana, kusan sau 40 ne daga rana kamar yadda Duniya take. Ta hanyar gano abubuwa da yawa game da Pluto da watanninta, New Horizons za ta haskaka wani yanki na uku da ba a san shi ba na tsarin hasken rana, fiye da taurari masu duwatsu da kuma manyan gas. Yankin, da aka sani da Kuiper Belt, yana ɗauke da "ƙananan taurari masu ban mamaki da kuma abubuwan gina duniya", in ji NASA. An san shi da samar da taurari masu linzami, kamar Halley's Comet, wanda ke zagaya rana kusan kowace shekara 75. New Horizons za ta yi amfani da tarin kyamarorinta da sauran kayan aikinta don nazarin farfajiyar Pluto da yanayin sa, da kuma watanninta, wanda...
Jirgin saman New Horizons ya dauki hoton Pluto da mafi girman wata. An saita shi don bayyana sabon bayani yayin da yake kusa da yankin da ke cikin tsarin hasken rana.