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UK · 26 mins ago
A NASA satellite just woke up from hibernation in deep space. Here is what it can tell us
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft just woke up after nearly a year of hibernation and scientists are eager to see the data it gathered.The $780.6 million probe - which was the first to explore Pluto up close - is traveling around the outer reaches of our solar system, some six billion miles from Earth.Data recorded there could help provide further answers about our universe’s formation and what’s inside the distant Kuiper asteroid belt.New Horizons typically hibernates during long cruise periods, during which it continues to collect and store information. This hibernation period lasted for 321 days, ending on June 23.Fortunately, it appears that New Horizons woke up in good health, the space agency said. The spacecraft had been reporting its status to Earth, but did not relay information from
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