How do we communicate with space probes from so far away?

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Not sure if I used the right tag but I saw something about a space probe from the 70s malfunctioning and spouting gibberish that nasa managed to repair, but how do probes that are so incredibly far away transmit data back to earth?

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there is “nothing” in space; so radio/light can travel incredibly long distances.

since we know where the object is we can focus the signal for even greater reliability and successful communication

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