Latest image reveals Ultima Thule’s surface features Laurel Kornfeld January 27th, 2019 Ultima Thule as imaged by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft. Image Credit:NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research InstituteThe most detailed image of Ultima Thule returned by New Horizons reveals surface details, including pits on both the object’s lobes and contrasting patterns of darkness and light in various regions.Taken by the wide-angle Multicolor Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC), part of the spacecraft’s Ralph instrument, this latest image, sent back on January 18-19, has a resolution of 440 feet (135 meters) per pixel. It was taken at 12:26 am EST on...