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NASA: Icy object past Pluto looks like reddish snowman
Ultima Thule, at 4 billion miles from Earth, the most distant celestial object ever explored
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This image made available by NASA on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, shows images with separate color and detail information, and a composited image of both, showing Ultima Thule, about 1 billion miles beyond Pluto. The New Horizons spacecraft encountered it on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. (NASA via AP)
LAUREL, Md. — A NASA spacecraft 4 billion miles from Earth yielded its first close-up pictures Wednesday of the most distant celestial object ever explored, depicting what looks like a reddish snowman.
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