Ultima Thule

NASA says faraway world Ultima Thule shaped like 'snowman'

Thu, 03 Jan 2019 - 03:07 GMT

Four billion miles from the sun floats Ultima Thule, an icy celestial body that NASA scientists announced Wednesday is aptly shaped like a giant snowman.

'We have a healthy spacecraft': NASA succeeds in historic flyby of faraway world

Wed, 02 Jan 2019 - 01:07 GMT

NASA rang in the New Year on Tuesday with a historic flyby of the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever explored by humankind.

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