Imagine sending out a $700m spacecraft only for it to send back a 21-mile galactic snowman 13 years later

Ultima Thule, more like ultimate fools!
I’m joking, this is actually pretty cool.

This is Ultima Thule, a 21-mile long rock 4.1 billion miles from Earth, the most distant object ever to be visited up close by humans.

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Lostpoet · M

It's a rock? Unless it can smash a beer can on it's head or raise just one eyebrow than it seems pretty boring to me.

AndrewtheAlu · M

@Lostpoet well, it is the most distant rock ever looked at. Give it some credit 😆

kentex35 · 100+, M

@Lostpoet I'm hip. Maybe it can wiggle it's ears. Who knows?

Lostpoet · M

@kentex35 Lol. 😀