17 May 2019
First science results released on Ultima Thule
... much else was known about NASA’s New Horizons new target - a primordial rock known as (486958) 2014 MU69, also informally known as Ultima Thule. Now the first initial scientific results from the flyby are...
06 June 2018
New Horizons wakes up ready for next flyby
... unique ways. Its first target is KBO 486958 2014 MU69, an icy object that may have at least one moon or could be... a system of multiple objects. 2014 MU69 has been nicknamed Ultima Thule after a mythical, far northern island...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
... to be combined into protoplanets, and then into planets. Enhanced composite image of Ultima Thule (binary KBO 2014 MU69) compiled from data obtained by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft as it flew by the object on 1 January, 2019. Investigation by New...
02 January 2019
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft makes history...again!
... other observations during the fly-by and a few are expected to be released to the public shortly. Designated 2014 MU69, but nicknamed "Ultima Thule,” which means "beyond the known world,” this irregular-shaped distant object...
