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First it was a planet. Then it wasn't. Now there's a spacecraft heading all the way out to the far reaches of the solar system to offer us a definitive answer: Is Pluto a planet? In 2006, Pluto was officially declared a dwarf star, taking it off the list of planets in the solar system. That meant all those text books and learning modules that told you about the ninth planet of the solar system had to be changed. Nine years later however, there is a chance for Pluto to prove it’s not just an icy ball of dust.

An American spacecraft called New Horizons that left the earth in 2006 is now ready to reach the horizon of our solar system and fly over Pluto and its five planets moons on July 14. The probe would orbit around Pluto with the speed of 50,000-km/h and take the first ever close-up images of Pluto that will be sent to the humans on Earth. Digital artist Erik Wernquist has made a short film that perfectly captures what makes this probe such a huge deal.