NASA expands Deep Space Network with giant new dish in California desert

Antennas at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone complex near Barstow, California. The recently completed Deep Space Station 23 is in the foreground to the right. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA’s long-distance spacecraft-calling network just got a boost. The Deep Space Network (DSN), best known for communicating with distant spacecraft such as Voyager 1, Voyager 2 andContinue Reading

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Firefox’s new ‘Nova’ redesign will be enabled for all users in Firefox 157, due the end of September – barring any last minute hiccups, of course. Mozilla’s engineers have been working on Nova since March. The original pitch was for rounded UI elements, floating toolbars, framed web content no longerContinue Reading

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This Week in 2016 UK Gov’t Report: Facebook, Twitter, And Google Are Pretty Much Unrepentant Terrorist Supporters New Zealand Court Grants Kim Dotcom’s Request To Have Extradition Hearing Livestreamed On YouTube, Despite DOJ Protests PETA Has Lost Its Monkey’s ‘Next Friend’ In Its Crazy Copyright Case James Comey Claims HeContinue Reading