. >> reporter: overnight and 4 billion miles from thearth. possible beginnings of our solar system. >> new horizons conducted the farthest exploration in the history of human kind >> reporter: at 32,000 miles an hour, the seven science instruments taking pictures and measure urmts. scientists say it could take up to two years from the craft to beam back all of the observations including high resolution images. new horizon launched in 2006, soaring past jupiter a little over a year later. otaded to in 2015, after nearly a decade long journey revealing the dwarf planet and its moons like we've never seen them. >> we can build apacraft on earth and we sendt out billions of miles from earth and it sends us back thought wonderfulate that we get on look at and we can learn more about our solar system. >> reporter: for scientists around the world, bringing new potential and insight into the place we all call home. >> there is nothing coolar. isn't that so neat? >> it's fantastic. and laurel,, maryla where it is all happening. >> right here in our ne

it does not exist at thearth's surface bute about 10 to 30 mis up in the atmosphere.n the polar vortex gets disrupted, it sends air south. these outbreaks aren't only i confinthe united states. parts of asia and europe can experience arctic blasts. and next week the polar vortex likely disrupted in a big way sending potentially record setting cold to parts of the midwest, great lakes and our area starting on wednesday. pat and leon. >> it's way up there. >> can we find a way to not disrupt the polar vortex, >> cross your fingers. >> please mr. vortex just chill up there. >> stay there. maintain your positions at the poles. thanks, amelia. >> we're not looking forward to that cold coming in. amelia and doug will be back in minute with what comes our way before that bitter blast arrives, though. you can see rain moving out on the radar and chances for snow are going to be moving back into the forecast, folks. >>> shocking video of a man strock in of his home, i'm strock in of his home, i'm tracee wilkins, coming up i'm a veteran a lot about commitment.he e which i apply