The new pictures are the best view we will have of Pluto until a space probe called new Horizons flies past it in 2015.

在2015年“新地平线”太空探测器飞过冥王星之前，这将是我们获得的最清晰的冥王星新照片。

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"The Hubble images will remain our sharpest view of Pluto until Nasa's New Horizons probe is within six months of its Pluto flyby," a Nasa spokesman said.

一位美国宇航局发言人说，“在宇航局的‘新地平线’探测器进入六个月冥王星探测飞行轨道之前，这张哈勃照片将继续成为我们最清晰的冥王星视图。”

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This is a prediction that can be tested once the NASA's New Horizons spacecraft arrives in 2015, the first probe specifically designed to fly by Pluto and its moons.

等到2015，一旦美国宇航局的新视野号宇宙飞船抵达目的地，这一推测将得到印证。新视野号是第一个专为环绕冥王星及其卫星飞行的探测器。

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With so much pioneering science that such a probe could do researchers know they can still make a case for the Pluto probe.

BBC: Scientists plan Pluto flyby

One way to resolve the issue might be to send an unmanned space probe to Pluto.

ECONOMIST: Pluto out in the cold

Even so, Pluto is so far away the probe won't get there for nearly a decade.

NPR: NASA Sends Spacecraft to Pluto