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Most distant space object looks like man in meditation

Called “2014 MU69”, the object -- detailed of which are published in the May 17 issue of journal Science -- looks like a human being sitting in a meditative pose, an ancient relic from the era of planet formation.

The flyby of Ultima Thule was the farthest exploration of an object in history - nearly 6.4 billion km from Earth.(HT Photo)
Updated on May 19, 2019 12:49 PM IST
Washington | ByIndo Asian News Service

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

A close-up picture taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft right before closest approach on January 1, and released Thursday, shows lots of little pits on Ultima Thule.

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)(AP)
Updated on Jan 26, 2019 08:04 PM IST
Cape Canaveral | ByAssociated Press

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

At a news conference Thursday, scientists and others put on 3D glasses to see the city-size, two-sphered cosmic body in stereo, revealing possible curvy ridges.

Ultima Thule, as it’s known, is still not showing any signs of craters, moons or rings.(Brian May)
Updated on Jan 04, 2019 09:50 AM IST
Associated Press | ByAssociated Press

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

The New Horizons spacecraft on Tuesday flew past Ultima Thule, which was discovered via telescope in 2014 and is the farthest and potentially oldest cosmic body ever observed by a spacecraft.

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.(Jim Bridenstine)
Updated on Jan 03, 2019 04:01 PM IST
Agence France-Presse | ByAgence France-Presse

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

The spaceship was to collect 900 images over the course of a few seconds as it shaved by at a distance of about 2,000 miles (3,500 kilometers).

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.(Twitter/NASA)
Updated on Jan 02, 2019 01:32 AM IST
Tampa | ByAgence France-Presse
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