Twitteratti Just Can’t Get Enough of This Distant World ‘Snowman’

The new images reveal Ultima Thule as a “contact binary,” consisting of two connected spheres, resembling a snowman.

The new images revealed Ultima Thule as a “contact binary,” consisting of two connected spheres, resembling a snowman.

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NASA's New Horizons spacecraft recently beamed back the first detailed images of Ultima Thule – the most distant and possibly oldest space object ever explored – and Netizens are already having a field day.

The new images – taken from as close as 27,000 kilometres on approach – revealed Ultima Thule as a "contact binary", consisting of two connected spheres ( larger sphere "Ultima" and the smaller sphere "Thule"), resembling a snowman.

Here are some of the hilarious memes inspired by first detailed images of Ultima Thule.