Weirdly shaped, very dark: Ultima Thule is revealing the outer solar system ’s secrets

NASA ’s New Horizons spacecraft successfully flew past the most distant world ever explored by humans on New Year’s Day. Now, a clearer picture of the 22-mile-long object known as Ultima Thule is beginning to take shape — and it has scientists baffled.“We’ve never seen anything like this,” said...

Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - March 19, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Deborah Netburn Source Type: news