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Space probe may run out of battery

Scientists are rushing to collect crucial information from a probe which landed on the surface of a...
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6:42 AM - 14 Nov 2014



Space probe may run out of bat...

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Space probe may run out of battery

TodayFM
TodayFM

6:42 AM - 14 Nov 2014



Scientists are rushing to collect crucial information from a probe which landed on the surface of a comet 300 million miles from Earth.

There are concerns it could be running out of battery power because it's thought to have settled in the shade, so its solar panels aren't working.

Astro-physicist Dr Michelle Tharler is from the Goddard Space Flight Centre in Washington.

She says it's still unclear how much data they'll get back:



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