The new technology aims to reflect sunlight back to Earth to illuminate streets and neighborhoods without electricity after ...

What to know about the controversial project.

The FCC authorized Reflect Orbital to launch the mirror satellite Eärendil-1. “For optical astronomy, this poses an existential threat,” the European Southern Observatory said.

Mirrors normally reveal what is placed in front of them, even when their curvature distorts a reflection. Researchers at the ...

In July, the FCC approved Reflect Orbital's proposal to deploy satellites capable of reflecting sunlight from orbit. These "space mirrors" are designed to redirect sunlight toward ...

The FCC approved a satellite that beams reflected sunlight to Earth at night, and astronomers are pushing back over light ...

Reflect Orbital has won initial approval for a plan to put thousands of mirrors in orbit that would be visible from anywhere on Earth. But will anyone pay for sunlight?

Night may soon become something that companies can switch off, briefly and selectively, from hundreds of miles above Earth. The Federal Communications Commission approved Reflect Orbital’s plan to ...

A U.S. startup has received approval to test a satellite that reflects sunlight onto Earth, igniting debate over its ...

Astronomers warn that a recent FCC decision about mirror-equipped satellites could hinder their ability to observe the cosmos ...

Once in orbit, the satellite will unfurl a huge square mirror, designed to reflect the Sun’s light back to Earth, ...