Philae lander has woken up, only to find out it has 58 days left until the comet reaches perihelion. Still, we are all excited.
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Mission control in limbo thanks to vastness of space | Day 88
If our Sun blew up, we would only learn about it eight minutes after the fact – that’s how long it takes the light to travel here. This effect explains why mission controls sit in limbo even after their spacecraft has already succeeded in the mission.