According to reports, a second mountain range surrounded by a heart-shaped region on Pluto's surface has been revealed in a new image from the New Horizons spacecraft. The range has been found close to the southwestern margin of the heart-shaped area names as "Tombaugh Regio" i. e. Tombaugh Region.

NASA came up with its first closeup image of a region close to Pluto's equator that consists of a range of mountains that rise as high as 11,000 feet. On Tuesday, the latest Pluto image was released that reveals another range, which is reported to be nearly one-half mile to one mile high.

NASA said in a statement that Pluto's icy mountains are not alone and its New Horizons mission has found a new mountain range that appears to be less lofty. The range has been found on the lower-left edge of Pluto's well- known feature, the heart-shaped region called Tombaugh Regio.

NASA said that the new range is located west of the region surrounded by Pluto's heart known as Sputnik Planum i. e. Sputnik Plain.

A new image of Pluto's moons Nix and Hydra has also been released by the agency. According to NASA, New Horizons' first image of Nix, in which colors have been made better, shows a fascinating region that is said to be 26 miles long and 22 miles wide.

According to mission scientist Carly Howett of the Southwest Research Institute, "Additional compositional data has already been taken of Nix, but is not yet downlinked. It will tell us why this region is redder than its surroundings. This observation is so tantalizing, I'm finding it hard to be patient for more Nix data to be downlinked".