NASA’s 2019 started off with a bang as its New Horizons probe zipped by the most distant object mankind has ever tried to visit, a strange space rock known as Ultima Thule. Scientists quickly discovered that Ultima Thule isn’t one object, but two, making it the first contact binary ever studied in such detail.
Now, as NASA continues to gather more data from the flyby, the New Horizons team has revealed the most detailed glimpse yet of Ultima Thule, and it’s a real stunner.
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NASA reveals best-yet image of twin space rocks Ultima Thule originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 23:07:17 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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