NASA is about to reveal the most distant object ever visited by humanity. Here's how to see New Horizons' close-up pictures for the first time.

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• NASA's New Horizons probe flew past a mysterious object 4 billion miles from Earth on New Year's Day.
• Called 2014 MU₆₉ (and also known as Ultima Thule), it is now the most distant object humanity has ever explored.
•  It may take two years for all of the flyby photos and data to make it back to Earth, but scientists will unveil the first close-up pictures on Wednesday.
• NASA TV and Johns Hopkins University will host a live video broadcast showing the first images at 2 p.m. EST.

Early in the morning on New Year's Day, scientists flew a NASA spacecraft past the most distant object humanity has ever dared to explore.

On Wednesday at 2 p.m. EST, the space agency plans to unveil the first photos taken by the nuclear-powered New Horizons probe — and anyone can watch live via NASA TV. (The video feed is embedded at the end of this post.)

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