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NASA's New Horizons probe completes historic Pluto flyby

After a 9.5-year, 4.7 billion-kilometre journey to the furthest depths of the solar system, NASA's aptly named New Horizons spacecraft successfully completed a historic flyby of Pluto, snapping the first close-up views of the dwarf planet.

Confirmation of close approach came at 8:52 p.m. ET Tuesday