<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A miniature <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/satellite-0" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-9271186-/topic/satellite-0" data-vars-event-id="c6" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">satellite</a> tasked with searching for planets outside the <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/solar-system" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-9271186-/topic/solar-system" data-vars-event-id="c6" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">solar system</a> has gone dark, mission operators at <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/Nasa" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-9271186-/topic/Nasa" data-vars-event-id="c6" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">Nasa</a> have said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7568" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-9271186-https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7568" data-vars-event-id="c6" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said</a>they were last able to communicate with the satellite, dubbed <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/asteria" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-9271186-/topic/asteria" data-vars-event-id="c6" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">ASTERIA</a>, on 5 December.</span></font></p><br><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-asteria-satellite-exoplanets-space-earth-stars-a9271186.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-asteria-satellite-exoplanets-space-earth-stars-a9271186.html</a></div></body></html>