'Meet Ultima Thule': 1st Color Photo of New Horizons Target Reveals a Red 'Snowman'
Wednesday, January 2, 2019 - 16:50
in Astronomy & Space
Scientists with NASA's New Horizons mission unveiled the first color photo of the Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule near the edge of the solar system. The new images reveal a strange object that was once two round bodies that merged into one.