After seven months of silence, a robot riding a comet hurtling through space has woken up and phoned home.

The European Space Agency announced Sunday that Rosetta’s lander Philae, which landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko last November, is operating and sending data back to Earth.

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 The European Space Agency’s Philae lander touches down on Comet 67P. After months of hibernation, the lander has communicated with Earth again.

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