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NASA Renames Ultima Thule, the Faraway Ice World, After Nazi-Link Backlash
Ultima Thule, the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft, has been renamed Arrokoth, or "sky" in the Native American Powhatan language, following a backlash over the previous name's Nazi connotations.
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NASA Renames Faraway Ice World "Arrokoth" After Nazi Controversy
Ultima Thule, the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft, has been officially renamed Arrokoth, or "sky" in the Native American Powhatan and Algonquian languages, following a significant backlash over the old name's Nazi connotations.
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Most Distant Space Object Looks Like Man In Meditation
NASAs New Horizons mission team has published the first image of the farthest world ever explored -- a planetary building block and Kuiper Belt object clicked during New Years 2019 flyby of Ultima Thule which looks like a human being in deep meditation.
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NASA's New Horizons Probe Treks Deeper on Hunt for Moons After Historic Flyby
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft set off on a new hunt for moons in the solar system's most distant edge, searching for clues on our solar family's creation, scientists said on Thursday.
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NASA Says No Evidence of Atmosphere on Ultima Thule
New Horizons spacecraft has revealed that the distant Kuiper Belt object has no evidence of atmosphere.
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NASA Spacecraft Sets Off On Hunt For Moons That Spun Off Ultima Thule
After studying a space rock some 4 billion miles (6.4 billion km) from Earth, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft set off on a new hunt for moons in the solar system's most distant edge, searching for clues on our solar family's creation, scientists said on Thursday.
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NASA's Pic Of Snowman-Shaped Ultima Thule Inspires Hilarious Memes, Jokes
NASA's space probe managed to come within 3,540 km of Ultima Thule - a small, icy world which lies at a distance of 6.5 billion km from earth.
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NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Sends Back First Images of Ultima Thule, Looks Like a 'Snowman'
The first detailed images beamed back from the NASA's New Horizons mission allowed scientists to confidently determine the body was formed when two spheres, or "lobes".
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NASA Releases Up-Close Images Of "Snowman"-Shaped Ultima Thule
The most distant object ever explored by spacecraft is a reddish, snowman-shape rock 4 billion miles from Earth.
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NASA's New Horizons Probe 'Phones Home' in Landmark Mission to Ultima Thule
NASA's New Horizons explorer successfully "phoned home" on Tuesday after a journey to the most distant world ever explored by humankind.
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'We Have A Healthy Spacecraft': NASA Completes Flyby Of Faraway World
NASA rang in the New Year today with a historic flyby of the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever explored by humankind -- a tiny, distant world called Ultima Thule -- in the hopes of learning more about how planets took shape.
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NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Just Visited the Most Distant Object Ever Explored
A NASA spacecraft is believed to have reached the solar system's outermost region, flying close to a space rock 20 miles long and billions of miles from Earth.
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NASA Spaceship Zooms Towards Furthest Object Humans Have Ever Explored
NASA is counting down to a historic flyby of the farthest cosmic body ever explored by humankind - a tiny, distant world called Ultima Thule.
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NASA Spacecraft Flies By Furthest Object Humans Have Ever Explored
A NASA spacecraft on Tuesday flew past the most distant world ever studied by humankind, Ultima Thule, a frozen relic of the early solar system that could reveal how planets formed.
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This Spacecraft Is En Route To Furthest Object Humans Have Ever Explored
The nerdiest New Year's party in the solar system is happening 4 billion miles from Earth, where a lone, intrepid explorer is en route to the furthest object humans have ever explored.
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NASA Renames Ultima Thule, the Faraway Ice World, After Nazi-Link Backlash
Ultima Thule, the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft, has been renamed Arrokoth, or "sky" in the Native American Powhatan language, following a backlash over the previous name's Nazi connotations.
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NASA Renames Faraway Ice World "Arrokoth" After Nazi Controversy
Ultima Thule, the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft, has been officially renamed Arrokoth, or "sky" in the Native American Powhatan and Algonquian languages, following a significant backlash over the old name's Nazi connotations.
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Most Distant Space Object Looks Like Man In Meditation
NASAs New Horizons mission team has published the first image of the farthest world ever explored -- a planetary building block and Kuiper Belt object clicked during New Years 2019 flyby of Ultima Thule which looks like a human being in deep meditation.
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NASA's New Horizons Probe Treks Deeper on Hunt for Moons After Historic Flyby
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft set off on a new hunt for moons in the solar system's most distant edge, searching for clues on our solar family's creation, scientists said on Thursday.
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NASA Says No Evidence of Atmosphere on Ultima Thule
New Horizons spacecraft has revealed that the distant Kuiper Belt object has no evidence of atmosphere.
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NASA Spacecraft Sets Off On Hunt For Moons That Spun Off Ultima Thule
After studying a space rock some 4 billion miles (6.4 billion km) from Earth, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft set off on a new hunt for moons in the solar system's most distant edge, searching for clues on our solar family's creation, scientists said on Thursday.
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NASA's Pic Of Snowman-Shaped Ultima Thule Inspires Hilarious Memes, Jokes
NASA's space probe managed to come within 3,540 km of Ultima Thule - a small, icy world which lies at a distance of 6.5 billion km from earth.
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NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Sends Back First Images of Ultima Thule, Looks Like a 'Snowman'
The first detailed images beamed back from the NASA's New Horizons mission allowed scientists to confidently determine the body was formed when two spheres, or "lobes".
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NASA Releases Up-Close Images Of "Snowman"-Shaped Ultima Thule
The most distant object ever explored by spacecraft is a reddish, snowman-shape rock 4 billion miles from Earth.
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NASA's New Horizons Probe 'Phones Home' in Landmark Mission to Ultima Thule
NASA's New Horizons explorer successfully "phoned home" on Tuesday after a journey to the most distant world ever explored by humankind.
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'We Have A Healthy Spacecraft': NASA Completes Flyby Of Faraway World
NASA rang in the New Year today with a historic flyby of the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever explored by humankind -- a tiny, distant world called Ultima Thule -- in the hopes of learning more about how planets took shape.
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NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Just Visited the Most Distant Object Ever Explored
A NASA spacecraft is believed to have reached the solar system's outermost region, flying close to a space rock 20 miles long and billions of miles from Earth.
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NASA Spaceship Zooms Towards Furthest Object Humans Have Ever Explored
NASA is counting down to a historic flyby of the farthest cosmic body ever explored by humankind - a tiny, distant world called Ultima Thule.
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NASA Spacecraft Flies By Furthest Object Humans Have Ever Explored
A NASA spacecraft on Tuesday flew past the most distant world ever studied by humankind, Ultima Thule, a frozen relic of the early solar system that could reveal how planets formed.
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This Spacecraft Is En Route To Furthest Object Humans Have Ever Explored
The nerdiest New Year's party in the solar system is happening 4 billion miles from Earth, where a lone, intrepid explorer is en route to the furthest object humans have ever explored.
