The Federal Communications Commission is weighing whether to grant Reflect Orbital, a startup proposing to bounce sunlight back to Earth after dark, the authority to launch and operate an experimental ...

Scientists are exploring a controversial proposal that would involve launching massive space mirrors into orbit that are capable of reflecting sunlight back onto Earth after sunset — a concept that ...

The company is seeking F.C.C. approval to test an idea to reflect sunlight to Earth at night, possibly powering solar panels. Critics say it could be bad for people and wildlife.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Sunglint occurs when sunlight reflects off the ocean at the same angle satellites observe it, producing mirror-like images ...

"Sunlight" beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles ...