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The New Horizons probe's next destination, Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, looks a bit like a duck. That's NASA's best guess after the amazing effort to fly a plane through the space rock's shadow in early July 2017, plus observations from earthly telescopes in Argentina. After examining the results of those observations, NASA …

  1. jake Silver badge

    Looks like Snoopy to me.

    Just sayin' ...

    1. Captain DaFt

      Re: Looks like Snoopy to me.

      Looks to me like it knew NASA was taking the picture and mooned the camera, to me. ☺

      1. LaeMing

        Re: Looks like Snoopy to me.

        That's no.....

        1. I ain't Spartacus Gold badge

          Re: Looks like Snoopy to me.

          Surely it's a cashew?

          For comparison, here's a picture of a giant space duck.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Flying from Pluto to Donald Duck?

    1. Anonymous Custard
      Joke

      That's just Goofy - stop taking the Mickey...

    2. LaeMing
      Alert

      As long as they don't try the Titan-Uranus slingshot maneuver! That one is freaky!

  3. Winkypop Silver badge
    Alert

    Giant Space Ducks!

    If they ever decide to organise, we're doomed.

    1. D@v3

      Re: Giant Space Ducks!

      the question has to be asked....

      1 giant space duck

      or

      100 duck sized pieces of space rock?

      1. Anonymous Custard

        Re: Giant Space Ducks!

        It's ducks all the way down...

        1. Sgt_Oddball

          Re: Giant Space Ducks!

          The duck moves...

    2. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Giant Space Ducks!

      Organise they may have, seems their leader is a guy named Kuiper and they live in some space Belt!

      1. DJO Silver badge

        Re: Giant Space Ducks!

        Oort to be careful then

  4. Neil Barnes Silver badge

    I, for one,

    welcome our giant flying space duck overlords.

  5. Chris G

    Looks as though

    It could be quacked!

    1. Jim Mitchell

      Re: Looks as though

      "In space nobody can hear you quack."

  6. Spudley

    You know your giant space duck is about to fall apart when you spot a massive quack running down the middle of it.

    1. jake Silver badge

      Anymore quacks like that ...

      ... and you'll be billed.

      ::ducks::

      1. VinceH
        Coat

        Re: Anymore quacks like that ...

        Eider stop with the puns, or you're going down!

        1. Swarthy
          Coat

          Re: Anymore quacks like that ...

          One more peep outta' youse, an' I'll hit ya' wit' a mallard!

  7. Tom Paine
    Coat

    I'm so very, very sorry...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6getJuN0ooc

    1. Swarthy
      WTF?

      Re: I'm so very, very sorry...

      What kind and loving god would ever have let that happen?

  8. MrT

    "It's one rock, with a mighty chunk nibbled out somehow"

    Giant star-goats will eat anything - keep your eyes open for invading twelve-foot piranha bees...

  9. Len Goddard

    If thats a duck

    I'd hate to see a goose.

    1. stucs201

      Re: If thats a duck

      A Star Goose? I remember that game...

  10. Robert Moore
    Coat

    Howard

    I think they should rename it Howard.

  11. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    At least they've got their ducks in a row.

  12. gregthecanuck

    It takes balls

    I'm calling it now...

    Space Testicles 1.0

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