Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) tech flying aboard Psyche spacecraft has been successfully demonstrated. Credit: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Thato Manamela from the University of Pretoria called the discovery “truly extraordinary,” explaining how gravitational ...

Astronomers using the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa have discovered a powerful microwave laser beam firing off in the distant reaches of the cosmos. Detected nearly 8 billion light years away in a ...

Spacepoint will host Astrophysicist Dr. Shane Larson on February 7 to discuss NASA and the ESA's new larger-than-life project: the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). Cyprus Van Inwegen from ...

Kepler Communication's first tranche of optically linked satellites. WASHINGTON — Companies building an “internet for space” based on laser-linked satellites need to move beyond technical promise and ...

A composite image of the galaxy H-ATLAS J142935.3-002836, combining views from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck Observatory. Credit: NASA/ESA/ESO/W. M. Keck Observatory Space is full of odd ...

Transcelestial has developed space-to-ground optical communications terminals for spacecraft, such as this one for the 6GStarLab spacecraft. Credit: Transcelestial WASHINGTON — Transcelestial, a ...

China’s latest space communications experiment has reset expectations for what a “low power” link from orbit can do, with a 2 watt laser pushing data at gigabit speeds from geostationary distance and ...

Astronomers have spotted the most distant and brightest "space laser" ever seen, blasting out from a distant galaxy collision ...