Ultima Thule

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft beams clearer image of Ultima Thule

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft beams clearer image of Ultima Thule shows more of a snowman

Light, camera, tumble! NASA releases film of space snowman captured by New Horizons

The small, icy rock is seen spinning like a propeller on its centre – like a tumbling snowman!

NASA New Horizons probe treks further on new hunt for moons after New Year flyby

Since its 2006 launch, the mission has studies Pluto, its five moons & hundreds of Kuiper Belt objects.

NASA New Horizons beams back 'snowman' visuals of Ultima Thule from New Years flyby

The images show that Ultima Thule has a similar shape to a bowling pin, spinning end-over-end.

NASA's explorer 'phoned home' after journey to the most distant world ever

The explorer travelled 4 billion-mile to a frozen rock at the edge of the solar system.

Daily Bulletin: Congress, BJP trade barbs over AgustaWestland case; Bangladesh votes today; India win 3rd Test; day's top stories

Today's top stories: The Congress and BJP trade bards over Christian Michel's reported "Mrs Gandhi" revelation in the AgustaWestland case; India win the third Test against Australia; NASA’s New Horizon sends one final ping before its New Year's Day fly-by of Ultima Thule; and more.

NASA New Horizons zooms in on distant rock after switch to encounter mode

Communicating with a spacecraft that is so far away takes six hours and eight minutes each way.

NASA's New Horizons to fly into the New Year studying a distant rock beyond Pluto

New Horizons will fly-by of the farthest object ever studied by a spacecraft on New Years Day.

NASA's New Horizons to do historic New Years' flyby of farthest ever object studied

Plutonium-powered New Horizons was launched in 2006 and is a days away from flying by Ultima Thule.

NASA's New Horizon spacecraft spots its next target, an icy world 160 mn km away

The New Horizons probe, which flew past Pluto in 2015, is set to encounter the Kuiper Belt object.