2014 MU69

Ultima Thule

See celestial object Ultima Thlue in 3D — glasses or no glasses!

By Elizabeth Rayne 3 years ago

The highest resolution image of the Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69, taken by the New Horizons spacecraft minutes before closest encounter in 2019. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute, National Optical Astronomy

Here it is: The most detailed full image of MU69 from New Horizons we'll ever see.

By Phil Plait 3 years ago

On August 16, 2018, the New Horizons spacecraft took an image of the star field where its target 2014 MU69 was predicted to be (left). On the right is the processed image showing the object. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

UPDATE: Get ready for humanity's most distant encounter: 2014 MU69!

By Phil Plait 3 years ago

The icy object 2014 MU69 may be a binary, or even a contact binary, a double-lobed worldlet.

Now well beyond Pluto, New Horizons sees its next target

By Phil Plait 3 years ago

Artwork showing New Horizons flying past MU69... or whatever it will be called by then. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

Help name a rock in the outer solar system!

By Phil Plait 4 years ago

Artwork depicting the New Horizons spacecraft flyby of Pluto and Charon.

Is New Horizons’ next target a binary relic of the ancient solar system?

By Phil Plait 4 years ago