ultima thule
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Mysterious Object Beyond Pluto Could Help Explain How Our Solar System Formed
Nothing you encounter is truly “pristine.” Nearly every atom on our planet has been processed in some way, either by humans, the Sun, Earth’s core, or other influences. But on New Year’s Day 2019, the New Horizons mission flew past one of the most pristine objects in the solar system: Arrokoth, an object far beyond…
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New Horizons Beams Back Its Clearest Images Of Ultima Thule Yet
Following our first good look at the 2014 MU69 back in January, New Horizons has beamed back its crispest shots of the distant space object yet. The images have a resolution of resolution of roughly 33.53m per pixel, delivering on one of the mission’s challenging goals for observing the object nicknamed Ultima Thule.
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Brian May’s Anthem For The New Horizons Probe Is Really Worth A Listen
They don’t make them like this anymore. Occasional astrophysicist and guitarist for Queen Brian May has gifted us with a song in tribute to NASA’s successful mission to flyby Ultima Thule. It’s pure space-opera rock that deserves a place in the nerd cannon right alongside Queen’s soundtrack for Flash Gordon.
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Days Before Ultima Thule Flyby, New Horizons Has Detected Something Weird About Its Distant Target
NASA’s New Horizons is en route to Ultima Thule, a journey that will see the NASA spacecraft whiz past this mysterious Kuiper Belt object on New Year’s Day. But as the probe nears, mission specialists are already having to deal with a rather strange observation—an anomaly in the way Ultima Thule is reflecting incoming light.