New Theory About the Source of Pioneer Space Probe Deceleration

First time accepted submitter deathcow writes "After forty years, a fresh perspective on old Pioneer data leads to new conclusions as to why the Pioneer probes are decelerating. Many theories to the slowing probes have persisted over the years — was it gravity? some type of unforeseen radiation? dark matter? Thanks to the data backup preservation efforts of a NASA Ames Research engineer, mountains of old telemetry data were still available for studying this curious anomaly."

Comments

Re:Article too long, let me save you some time

[wvmarle]

The most impressive thing is that we can actually measure this minute effect to such an accuracy that we know there is something unexpected going on. And then subsequently accurately explain this inaccuracy.

Re:Nah

[Joce640k]

This is science kid...

Which is exactly why it shouldn't be written like a suspense novel.

Quick summary for all the people who know the background, full story underneath for those who don't (or just like to re-read it...)