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A wake-up call at 9.5 billion kilometers: what the New Horizons probe is doing at the edge of the solar system
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A wake-up call at 9.5 billion kilometers: what the New Horizons probe is doing at the edge of the solar system

The NASA spacecraft New Horizons has successfully awakened after spending nearly a year in a programmed hibernation state, located approximately 9.5 billion kilometers from Earth. The probe, which previously flew by Pluto in 2015 and explored the distant object Arrokoth, is now resuming active exploration in the outer reaches of the solar system. Communication with the spacecraft takes about nine hours due to the immense distance, and it will begin transmitting data collected during its dormant phase. New Horizons is currently studying the Kuiper Belt and the boundaries of the Sun’s influence, including a specialized three-week investigation into hydrogen levels in the outer heliosphere.

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A wake-up call at 9.5 billion kilometers: what the New Horizons probe is doing at the edge of the solar system

The NASA spacecraft New Horizons has successfully awakened after spending nearly a year in a programmed hibernation state, located approximately 9.5 billion kilometers from Earth. The probe, which previously flew by Pluto in 2015 and explored the distant object Arrokoth, is now resuming active exploration in the outer reaches of the solar system. Communication with the spacecraft takes about nine hours due to the immense distance, and it will begin transmitting data collected during its dormant phase. New Horizons is currently studying the Kuiper Belt and the boundaries of the Sun’s influence, including a specialized three-week investigation into hydrogen levels in the outer heliosphere.

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