New Horizons: Nasa spacecraft speeds past Pluto (BBC)

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By Jonathan Amos
BBC Science Correspondent, Laurel, Maryland

Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft has made the first visit to Pluto, speeding past at 14km per second.

Earlier, the space agency released the most detailed picture yet as it hurtled towards the dwarf planet on Tuesday.

The probe was set to grab more images and other data as it passed just 12,500km from the little world at 11:50 GMT (12:50 BST).

The spacecraft is currently out of contact with Earth as it continues its observations.
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Images set to be released on Wednesday will be more than 10 times the resolution of those already published.


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more: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33524589




I've been avoiding the BBC site ever since it was redone by first-graders with crayons, but this seemed like an occasion that justified an exception.

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1. Ugh, does anybody like their new design? It is truly horrible

and somebody needs to tell them most people online can read and don't need videos. In fact, they prefer reading if they're screwing off at work, less noise to alert the boss.

However, they have been posting some of the better photos.