Horizons peeks at mysterious Ultima Thule

By Leila Miller
Updated May 21 2019 - 1:43pm, first published 1:39pm
Recently discovered Ultima Thule is 6.43 billion kilometres from Earth.
Recently discovered Ultima Thule is 6.43 billion kilometres from Earth.

About a billion miles more distant than Pluto is Ultima Thule, a peanut-shaped object in the outer solar system that's the farthest place ever visited by humans.

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