'Hello Earth!': Comet probe Philae wakes up

The European space probe Philae woke up overnight after nearly seven months in hibernation as it hurtled towards the Sun on the back of a comet, mission control said Sunday. "We got a two-minute... successful communication" at 2228 Central European Time (2028 GMT) on Saturday, mission manager Patrick Martin told AFP from the operations centre in Madrid. "This was sufficient to confirm that Philae is healthy and that its sub-systems are OK in terms of energy and temperature for ong