A new picture returned from Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft shows the little world to be two objects joined together - to give a look like a "snowman".
The US probe's images acquired as it approached Ultima hinted at the possibility of a double body, but the first detailed picture from Tuesday's close flyby confirms it.
New Horizons encountered Ultima 6.5 billion km from Earth.
The event set a record for the most distant ever exploration of a Solar System object. The previous mark was also set by New Horizons when it flew past the dwarf planet Pluto in 2015.
But icy Ultima is 1.5 billion km further out....read more>>>...
COMMENT: Remember this. The universe is NOT how or what they tell you it is. Bear that in mind when reading stories about space from NASA and other 'Aesops Fables' agencies.
