The dust (excuse the pun) has barely settled on the recent big Mars news, but now NASA is set to reveal discoveries related to Pluto.

Dr Alan Stern, principal investigator on the New Horizons Pluto mission, made the announcement speaking at the University of Alberta in Canada.

Dr Stern said: "NASA won't let me tell you what we're going to tell you on Thursday. It's amazing".

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Pluto and its many moons | Image: NASA

NASA has previously announced that Pluto is not just one body, but a whole system of worlds.

"Pluto and its largest moon Charon dance around each other, making circles around their common centre of mass, which lies in an empty space between them", NASA says.

"Around the dancing couple are four small moons. In order of increasing distance, their names are Styx (just beyond Charon), then Nix, Kerberos and Hydra. These tiny moons also orbit around the system’s centre of mass".

NASA also released this video, showing a flyover of Pluto's largest moon Charon: