Imagine a future where the diurnal cycle, at least in some parts of the world, is adjustable. Where humans are no longer beholden to the 24-hour pattern of daylight and darkness. Instead of being ...
A proposed constellation of satellites has astronomers very worried. Unlike satellites that reflect sunlight and produce light pollution as an unfortunate byproduct, the ones by US startup Reflect ...
AUS-based startup, Reflect Orbital, has proposed a groundbreaking plan to provide “sunlight on demand” by using satellites to reflect sunlight down to Earth after dark. The idea has caught the ...
You won't believe what's happening in the world of renewable energy right now. Imagine being able to tap into the sun's limitless power, even after the stars come out. That's exactly what Reflect ...
A provocative startup claims it will soon let people buy spots of sunlight reflected with a giant satellite mirror — but there are still a lot of outstanding questions about how (and whether) the ...
What would be the price tag for shielding the Earth from global warming using a chemical cloud? It might be just $1 billion to $3 billion, making a sun-reflecting project much cheaper than combating ...
Marian Caballo is a senior editor on the 143rd editorial board and was the multimedia and data science editor on the 142nd and 141st editorial boards. Marian also served as an assistant news editor.