[/caption] NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft came within 700 kilometers (435 miles) of Comet Hartley 2 at 10:01 a.m. EDT (1401 GMT) today, imaging with several cameras. Here are the first pictures released of the closest approach. The scientific team watched along with viewers online and on NASA TV as the images were returned to Earth, … Continue reading "First Close Images of Hartley 2: It’s a Peanut with Jets"