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Ultima Thule Is More Pancake Than Snowman
Our first impressions of Ultima Thule weren’t entirely accurate. As new data makes the more than four-billion mile…
Ultima Thule Is Coming Into Focus
The best image we now have of Ultima Thule (2014 MU69) still isn’t the best image New Horizons…
First Decent Ultima Thule Image Reveals Textbook Contact Binary
Our first look at Ultima Thule was little more than a smudge. Today, that smudge begins to clear.…
NASA TV Will Livestream New Horizons’ Second Flyby Tonight Despite Government Shutdown
NASA’s New Horizons probe is closing in fast on its second target, a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) nicknamed…
New Horizons Is Alone At The Controls For Ultima Thule Flyby
The next 5 million(ish) kilometers rest squarely on NASA’s New Horizons shoulders. No more engine burns. Yesterday, the…
New Horizons Gets Its First Glimpse of 2014 MU69 (aka Ultima Thule)
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is just over four months away from passing within 2,175 miles of 2014 MU69,…
New Horizons Sets Another First, This Time With Its Camera
Fastest spacecraft ever launched at 36,373 miles per hour (when it left Earth orbit)? Check. First to explore…
Catch Up With New Horizons in Four Minutes
What was. What is. And what’s coming. NASA recently released a four-minute video touching on some of the…
A Stunning Bird’s Eye View of Pluto’s Jagged Mountains and Icy Plains
New Horizons, the fastest spacecraft ever launched, delivered breathtaking images two years ago when it flew just 7,800…
And That’s A Wrap For New Horizons’ Pluto Encounter
It only took more than a year, but the New Horizons spacecraft has sent the last slivers of…
Pluto’s Sky May Have Clouds and What It Means
A layered, hazy atmosphere. Blue skies. And clouds? New Horizons scientists are discussing the potential of clouds in…
New Horizons Will Be Seeing Red Again on 2014 MU69
Every second that goes by, New Horizons is 9 miles closer to its next target – 2014 MU69.…