A Japanese Moon explorer has resumed communication with Earth and also captured a new image of the lunar surface, the country's space agency said Monday, revealing that the craft unexpectedly survived the freezing lunar night following its landing last month."Last night, a command was sent to SLIM and a response received," the mission's team said in a post on X, referring to the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon that had been dormant after the touchdown area entered a period of darkness at the end of January.The team had previously indicated that SLIM was not designed to endure the frigid…READ FULL ARTICLE
