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Disney's dog Pluto spotted on dwarf planet

While the New Horizons spacecraft makes history by getting closer to Pluto than ever before, scientists are discovering formations on the dwarf planet...some that appear to look like a lovable cartoon dog.

Horizons team member Amanda Zangari noticed geological formations that match up to resemble Disney's Pluto the dog.

reports:

A series of dark and light squiggles creates what look like two ears, two eyes, a nose and even the tongue of Pluto the dog in an image taken of the planet by the New Horizons spacecraft on July 11.

"We will know what they [the Pluto the dog formations] are made out of in a few days,"

deputy project scientist Leslie Young told Mashable in an interview Monday.

The lovable pooch isn't the only image scientists have seen: a bright, heart-shaped image and a 'whale's tail' were discovered on the planet's surface earlier in the mission.

Tuesday marks the

of Pluto in history (within 7,800 miles), allowing humans to explore the dwarf planet at close range.

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