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The space probe of the National Aerospace Agency of the USA (NASA) approached the most remote part of the Solar System on January 1, and flown by a tiny frozen rock named Ultima Thule.
It is expected that a spacecraft, named New Horizons will take pictures of the asteroid Ultima Thule. According to astronomers, this space object (or group of objects) is approximately 30 km long and located at a distance of 6.4 billion km far from the Earth. This part of the solar system located beyond the Neptune’s orbit is called the Kuiper Belt, Deutsche Welle writes.
"The New Horizons space probe carries out the most remote flight, approaching the Ultima Thule, a cold ancient asteroid in the Kuiper Belt," NASA told on Twitter.
As The Journalist reported, British scientist proposed new theory how the Universe works.
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