Initial results from New Horizon's exploration of distant Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU<sub>69</sub> Posted on 16/05/2019 by MilaOn Jan. 1, 2019, the New Horizons Spacecraft conducted a flyby of (486958) 2014 MU69 — a distant object orbiting in the outer reaches of the solar system. Source: EurekaAlert, https://www.eurekalert.org