Sony has partnered with California’s Astro Digital to test laser communications from two small satellites, using optical disc technology the Japanese conglomerate pioneered for CD players.

The recent success of NASA's laser communication test represents a paradigm shift in space technology. Traditionally, space ...

In space exploration, long-distance optical links can now be used to transmit images, films and data from space probes to ...

NASA has a new trick up its sleeve for space communication. In July 2024, the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) ...

Four-wave mixing A weak optical signal (red) from a spacecraft transmitter can be amplified noise-free when it encounters two pump waves (blue and green) in a receiver on Earth. (Courtesy: Chalmers ...

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method for tracking space debris with centimeter-level accuracy, improving space ...

In space exploration, long-distance optical links can now be used to transmit images, films and data from space probes to ...

In 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon's surface—a momentous engineering and science feat marked ...

Gustavo Castro do Amaral is spearheading a team leveraging expertise in quantum technology, free space optics and classical ...

SpaceX will create Marslink as a first step towards greater than petabit per second communication between Earth and Mars.

Nov. 4, 2024 — Stem cells grown in microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have unique qualities that could one day help accelerate new biotherapies and heal complex disease ...