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As I said, I can only guess, but I found this (among other answers): Source It's helpful to think of radio waves as any other electromagnetic wave, and radio dishes as any other telescope that collects light. The wider the aperture, the faster the light collection.

I don't know for sure, but my guess is that the size of a receiving antenna is directly related to how much data it can collect from a far away spacecraft's radio signal. The beam expands to cover a huge area of space at a distance of 30 AU, much wider than the diameter of Earth. The collecting...

To add, you can see live visualizations at DSN Now. Right now, the big dish in Australia is tracking New Horizons. Until New Horizons downlinks all the Pluto data in a year, I would expect to see it communicating frequently.

This is interesting, but I couldn't find any evidence that one of Ariane 4's three failures was due to sabotage. Actually, I found contrary statements; citations provided.

JPL: "Ceres' Bright Spots Seen in Striking New Detail"

However, all I usually want is the master volume meter, which is why I reverted to the old volume control. Most users may prefer one thing, but that's called an opinion. I have a different opinion. And I except the volume control slider to work differently. I prefer using the older calendar...

That's not an audio level meter. This is: To clarify, it's not the beep when I change the volume, but being able to continuously monitor audio levels when I open the volume control. I was aware of that, but it's more inconvenient for me, and I usually prefer to have just the master volume...

I haven't had much time with the Windows 10 calculator because I removed it pretty quickly. Although I can get it back, I think the Windows 7 calculator is at least as good and smaller. Regarding the volume, the horizontal slider on Windows 10 does not let me monitor the audio levels when I...

As Thunder Chicken said, it's difficult for most users to know what is being transmitted. Because I don't have a good understanding of APIs, I don't know what Microsoft can allow them to do. I don't know how you're aware of what Microsoft's APIs can do unless you've used them yourself...

I'm aware of what data Microsoft collects for diagnostics; Microsoft's diagnostic collection is described in the privacy settings, but Windows 10 has eroded my trust in the company for more reasons than that. For instance, it's_not_just_that, and all options are set to maximum data sharing by...

What Windows 10 features I have :censored:ed with today: Installed the old Windows calculator. Reverted to the more useful, old volume control. Really disabled telemetry. This is for me and anyone else who may want to do some tweaks. Update: Reverted to the old, mouse-friendly clock and...

I've been running Windows 10 for a day so far. The only reason I'd recommend upgrading from 7 is if you want a boost in gaming performance, especially from DirectX 12. The same goes for upgrading from 8.1, plus 10's UI is slightly better. Fortunately the upgrade has been smooth for me, and I...

Still waiting for Mankind Divided.

Aside from the awkward video, I had no idea he's an astrophysicist: Brain May was also present at a press conference, but I didn't realize who it was.

ESA: "Preparing to build ESA's Jupiter mission" The configuration of JUICE, from Airbus:

Pluto was known to have an atmosphere for decades, one that was predicted to freeze out as Pluto approaches aphelion. It was one of the motivations for sending a spacecraft there quickly. In fact, the atmosphere is less dense than thought. Hubble was able to discern Pluto's reddish color and...

Indeed, but the definition of a planet is arbitrary. I personally don't like the first and third criteria, mostly because they can't apply to exoplanets. Off-topic, but I wasn't aware of Star Control 2 until your post introduced me to it. There's a free HD version of the game that I downloaded...

Ice mountains? That's crazy. I was definitely wrong about that. I haven't seen the conference yet, but it's known that Pluto and Charon's orbits are completely circular around each other.

While r/science (and it appears r/futurology) is well moderated, r/space is not and the top posts there are almost always superficial image posts. It's better to subscribe to r/spaceporn which has clear submission rules and much of the same content as r/space. As r/space has become more popular...