17 May 2019
First science results released on Ultima Thule
... comet, made up of roughly a billion smaller objects that are similar in composition to 67P/C-G, the comet surveyed by Rosetta. If Ultima Thule turns out to be made of the same stuff, perhaps that could help shed light on Pluto’s formation. However...
06 June 2018
New Horizons wakes up ready for next flyby
... and Roman literature to describe “the place located furthest north.” The name is befitting of its new target as Ultima Thule orbits a billion miles beyond Pluto, making it the farthest planetary encounter in history and the most primitive...
02 January 2019
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft makes history...again!
... Horizons spacecraft makes history, again, by getting within 3,500 kilometres (2,200 miles) of the icy world known as Ultima Thule; a 30 kilometre remnant from the birth of our solar system. At over 6.5 billion kilometres (4 billion miles) away from...
