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NASA's New Horizons probe reactivates for new science; Google open-sources 3D emoji

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NASA's New Horizons probe, launched in 2006, has reactivated after a period of dormancy to conduct new scientific observations. The probe, which previously flew by Pluto in 2015, is now 5.9 billion miles from Earth. Separately, Google has open-sourced its collection of 3D emoji, allowing users to incorporate them into their own projects, coinciding with World Emoji Day. AI

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NASA's New Horizons probe reactivates for new science; Google open-sources 3D emoji

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Long After Pluto Fly-By, NASA's New Horizon's Probe Wakes Up Again, Starts Doing New Science Launched in 2006, NASA's New Horizons probe flew by the planet Pl

    📰 Long After Pluto Fly-By, NASA's New Horizon's Probe Wakes Up Again, Starts Doing New Science Launched in 2006, NASA's New Horizons probe flew by the planet Pluto in 2015. But this week it "awakened from its longest sleep ever," reports CNN. It's now 5.9 billion miles (9.5 billi…

    LINKS science.slashdot.org/…/long-after-pluto-f…
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji Now, if you want to, you can use Google's 3D emoji in your own creations. The company shared some details about how it we

    📰 Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji Now, if you want to, you can use Google's 3D emoji in your own creations. The company shared some details about how it went about designing the little pictograms and why, as part of World Emoji Day... 📰 Source: The Verge 🔗 Link: https://www.…

    LINKS theverge.com/…/google-open-source-3d-emoji

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