The energy sent is low-intensity, invisible infrared light, which allows ground-based solar projects to generate power even when the sun is not shining. Unlike other concepts, Overview’s wide-beam ...

The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission 2 will carry to the Moon the first elements of a wireless power network called ...

In May 2022, the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) payload onboard a small CubeSat satellite was launched into orbit 300 miles above Earth’s surface. Since then, TBIRD has delivered terabytes of data ...

Final tests of NASA's laser beam communication technology suggests we'll soon have a new way to keep in touch with astronauts and spacecraft venturing into deep space. When you purchase through links ...

Dozens of times over the last decade NASA scientists have launched laser beams at a reflector the size of a paperback novel about 240,000 miles (385,000 kilometers) away from Earth. They announced ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, farther away than the Sun, has sent data through a laser over a record-breaking distance, and done so even faster than expected. Using light could drastically speed up that ...

"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous spacecraft, with potential to eventually open interstellar distances to direct spacecraft exploration." When you purchase through links on our site, ...

SEATTLE — An art installation featuring 30 laser beams in primary colors will shine from the top of the Space Needle Friday night. The show, called GuideStar, draws inspiration from astronomical guide ...

Engineers are turning what used to be a bulky optics bench into something that fits on the tip of a finger, and the latest photonic chips go a step further by splitting a single laser into a ...