Turning night into day is something big meteors can do, but it might (one day) become as easy as firing up an app and tapping a spot on the map. The startup isn't new; the company's founder and CEO ...

California startup Reflect Orbital plans to launch thousands of satellites with mirrors to redirect sunlight to solar farms at night. Astronomers warn the bright reflected light could be “ruinous” to ...

A bold plan to power solar farms at night using sunlight reflected from space is placing a California startup on a collision course with the global astronomical community. Reflect Orbital has ...

Forget about software as a service. How about sunlight as a service? This SpaceX alum seeks to supply unlimited rays by launching a constellation of mirrored satellites that will reflect solar ...

Reflect Orbital aims to provide and sell sunlight in the dark of night by redirecting light with a giant mirror in space. CEO Ben Nowack presented his plan during the International Conference on ...

Imagine it: You’ve worked a long shift, turned the lights out and settled into bed, when all of a sudden the sky outside your window lights up as if it’s daylight. This is what could happen if a U.S.

The problem with solar panels is that they only work during the daylight hours. But what if you could use satellites to reflect sunbeams down to Earth even at night? Ben Nowack is obsessed with energy ...