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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.
Updated on May 19, 2019 12:49 PM IST
Washington | Indo 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.
Updated on Jan 26, 2019 08:04 PM IST
Cape Canaveral | Associated 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.
Updated on Jan 04, 2019 09:50 AM IST
Associated Press | Associated 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.
Updated on Jan 03, 2019 04:01 PM IST
Agence France-Presse | Agence 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).
Updated on Jan 02, 2019 01:32 AM IST
Tampa | Agence France-Presse
On New Year’s day, NASA aircraft zooms by most distant, icy world, Ultima Thule
The US space agency planned to ring in the New Year with a live online broadcast to mark the spacecraft’s zoom past the mysterious object located about four billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) away in a dark and frigid region of space known as the Kuiper Belt.
Updated on Jan 01, 2019 11:11 AM IST
Tampa | Agence France-Presse
NASA spaceship to photograph most distant world explored yet on New Year’s Day
A camera on board the New Horizons spacecraft is currently zooming in on Ultima Thule, so scientists can get a better sense of its shape and configuration -- whether it is one object or several.
Updated on Dec 29, 2018 09:38 AM IST
Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse
This NASA space instrument set to visit Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids
NASA’s Ralph -- a space instrument that has travelled as far as Pluto -- is set to explore Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, which are remnants from the early days of the solar system.
Updated on Nov 08, 2018 07:13 PM IST
Washington | Press Trust of India