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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CoffeeFirst · 56-60, F

It's also a glassware pattern by the Finnish company Iittala. Interesting story about how they made the mold for the glass.

kentex35 · 100+, M

@CoffeeFirst do tell. We're not going anywhere except the bathroom maybe.

CoffeeFirst · 56-60, F

@kentex35 I read that the inspiration was wood, specifically burned wood, but I can't find the story online now. But it also is the myth of the place beyond the ends of the known world. Anything else, you'll have to look up yourself when you are in the bathroom.