Scientists from NASA’s New Horizons mission released the first detailed images of the most distant object ever explored — the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule. Its remarkable appearance, unlike …read more Source:: Science
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New Horizons successfully explores Ultima Thule
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•NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Ultima Thule in the early hours of New Year’s Day, ushering in the era of exploration from the enigmatic Kuiper Belt, a region of …read more Source:: Science
New Horizons spacecraft homing in on Kuiper Belt target
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•Only hours from completing a historic flyby of Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, nicknamed Ultima Thule, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is on course and ready to gather scientific data on …read more Source:: Science
All about Ultima: New Horizons flyby target is unlike anything explored in space
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•NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is set to fly by a target nicknamed ‘Ultima Thule,’ 4 billion miles from the Sun, on New Year’s Day 2019. No spacecraft has ever explored …read more Source:: Science