New Horizons Pluto probe just woke itself up after 321 days of hibernation

NASA's New Horizons probe has awakened after 321 days of hibernation, resuming its extended mission to study the Sun's interactions in the outer solar system. The spacecraft, which previously explored Pluto in 2015 and Arrokoth in 2019, is currently 64.04 astronomical units from Earth and will continue its journey until potentially exiting the Kuiper Belt by 2028-2029. NASA plans to keep it in hibernation mode to conserve resources unless a new Kuiper Belt target is identified.