“Hello, Pluto, we’ve made it here.” Its taken a while, but finally we have a real Pluto flyby. NASA’s New Horizons probe flew by Pluto this morning (July 14), capturing history’s first up-close looks at the little rock that couldn’t (Pluto was declared no planet a short while ago, but might make a comeback after today). Later tonight we’ll know definitively if the mission was a success. The closest approach came at 7:49 a.m. EDT (1149 GMT), when the spacecraft zoomed within 7,800 miles (12,500 … [Read more...]