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ultima thule

Most distant space object looks like man in meditation

The flyby of Ultima Thule was the farthest exploration of an object in history - nearly 6.4 billion km from Earth.
world news
Updated on May 19, 2019 12:49 pm IST

Space snowman Ultima Thule has bright collar, shows close-up picture taken by NASA

This Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019 image made available by NASA on Thursday, Jan. 24 shows the Kuiper belt object Ultima Thule, about 1 billion miles beyond Pluto, encountered by the New Horizons spacecraft. It will take almost two years for New Horizons to transmit all the data from the flyby, 4 billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) away. (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute via AP)
science
Updated on Jan 26, 2019 08:04 pm IST

Scientists show off space snowman, Ultima Thule, in 3D

Ultima Thule, as it’s known, is still not showing any signs of craters, moons or rings.
world news
Updated on Jan 04, 2019 09:50 am IST

First detailed images of faraway world Ultima Thule released, NASA says it’s shaped like ‘snowman’

Four billion miles from the sun floats Ultima Thule, an icy celestial body that NASA scientists announced Wednesday is aptly shaped like a giant snowman.
world news
Updated on Jan 03, 2019 04:01 pm IST

NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft zips past most distant world known to mankind

A NASA spacecraft on Tuesday flew past the most distant world ever studied by humankind, Ultima Thule, a frozen relic of the early solar system that could reveal how planets formed.
science
Updated on Jan 02, 2019 01:32 am IST
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