TAMPA, United States — A NASA spaceship is zooming toward the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever photographed by humankind, a tiny, distant world called Ultima Thule some four billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) away. #Space #Science #UltimaFlyby #NASA #UltimaThule @NewHorizons2015 @NASANewHorizons pic.twitter.com/s6ieL3jzEh — Alan Stern (@AlanStern) December 31, 2018What does it look like? Scientists are not sure what Ultima Thule (pronounced TOO-lee) looks like -- whether it is round or oblong or even if it is a single object or a cluster. Ultima Thule is named for a mythical, far-northern island in medieval literature and cartography, according to NASA. NASA will also provide updates about another spacecraft, called OSIRIS-REx, that will enter orbit around the asteroid Bennu on New Year's Eve, Bridenstine said.

Source: Philippine Star December 31, 2018 07:52 UTC