NASA renames faraway ice world ‘Arrokoth’ after backlash
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NASA renames faraway ice world ‘Arrokoth’ after backlash

Ultima Thule, the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft, has been officially renamed Arrokoth, or “sky” in the Native American Powhatan and Algonquian languages, following a significant backlash over the old name’s Nazi connotations.

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