Author: Ewdison Then / Source: SlashGear
Given the vastness of outer space, it’s no surprise we know very little about it. Most of the time, we can only make guesses based on images our terrestrial telescopes and a few orbital satellites have captured of celestial objects few spacecraft have reached.
It wasn’t until New Horizons made its historic flyby of Pluto that we finally got our up-close look at the demoted planet. Now New Horizons is bidding farewell to another long-distance neighbor, but not before throwing scientists new puzzles to munch on about the odd Ultima Thule.Ultima Thule, more formally named 2014 MU69, is Kuiper Belt Object (KBO), is so far the most distant world ever explored in our solar system. Or perhaps it’s better to say “worlds”. Ultima Thule is actually composed of two joined shapes, named “Ultima” and “Thule”, that were first thought to be both spherical, earning the nickname “snowman”….
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