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\nThree views of Ultima Thule. The left image is color-enhanced. The center is a higher-resolution image. The image on the right combines the two to give us a clearer view in color.<\/p>\n

NASA\/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory\/Southwest Research Institute <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ultima Thule is a primordial remnant of the early solar system. The New Horizons<\/a> mission flew by the mysterious space rock<\/a> at the start of the year and NASA revealed Ultima Thule's distinctive two-lobed shape<\/a> on Wednesday, saying it looks like a snowman. But Frosty isn't its only doppelganger.<\/p>\n

Some space fans quickly got on board the snowman train by sharing enhanced images of Ultima Thule with the addition of eyes, a hat and a carrot nose.<\/p>\n

Star Wars<\/a> fans took one look at the contact binary, which was once two separate objects, and knew right away it looks like adorable droid BB-8. Editor Adam Morgan wrote, "You guys this Ultima Thule fellow looks suspiciously familiar."<\/p>\n

Fans of fine dairy products will appreciate the comparison of Ultima Thule with Italian Scamorza cheese, which has a noticeable bi-lobed look.<\/p>\n

The outline of Ultima Thule could also pass as a stylized number 8.<\/p>\n

Twitter user Stu got up close and personal by zooming in on one of the lobes and spotting what could be the shape of a moose. "Well done team! But you're not the first earthlings to reach Ultima Thule. There is clearly a moose on this thing!" Stu wrote.<\/p>\n

The the human tendency to see familiar objects in random shapes, a phenomenon called pareidolia<\/a>, didn't end there. Someone also thought the smaller lobe looked like a grumpy blobfish face.<\/p>\n

Fans of Bloodborne will appreciate how Ultima Thule resembles a spacefaring version of Rom the Vacuous Spider, a boss-level monster from the game.<\/p>\n

Food items were a popular comparison, with people seeing the Kuiper Belt object as everything from a peanut<\/a> to a fried chicken drumstick<\/a> to melting ice cream<\/a> and a potato.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Ultima Thule is a pretty cool space rock that could tell us a lot about the early solar system. It's not its fault it also happens to look edible. At 4 billion miles away from the sun, at least it's safe from any human expeditions that would want to try to eat it.<\/p>\n

NASA turns 60<\/a>: The space agency has taken humanity farther than anyone else, and it has plans to go further.<\/p>\n

'Hello, humans'<\/a>: Google's Duplex could make Assistant the most lifelike AI yet.<\/p>\n

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