Earlier this year, NASA’s New Horizons probe visited a very special space rock. It was a momentous occasion, especially since the rock turned out to be two distinct objects that drifted together over time, making it look like a sort of space snowman. At the time, the object was known as Ultima Thule, but it’s since been renamed. The reason? Nazis.
The rock, which is now known as Arrokoth, had been nicknamed Ultima Thule in honor of an ancient legend of a land with the same name that was beyond the reach of mankind. It would have been a fitting name, but unfortunately for NASA, a bunch of really gross people had to ruin that name for everyone.
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