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New Horizons probe survived flyby of Ultima Thule- most distant object humanity has explored. January 1, 2019 7:55 am RL

It passed within 2200 miles, first pictures may be coming out tomorrow.

new image: by podrock 2019-01-02 13:22:23
- A contact binary by RL 2019-01-02 14:44:09
  - Several other examples of this close binary interaction are known in our solar system. by ER 2019-01-02 17:17:01
- Check out the closed captioning for that press conference by RL 2019-01-02 14:42:48
  - ! by podrock 2019-01-02 15:30:31
Closest image so far- hopefully MUCH better is to come by RL 2019-01-01 18:53:34