Of all the space laser ideas that have been discussed, DE-STAR is probably the most well-studied and developed. It would ...

As NASA prepares for its Artemis II mission, a groundbreaking lunar laser communications test is set to take place, signaling ...

DARPA, the U.S. military’s advanced research agency, is funding space laser projects amid simmering concerns that America’s strategic adversaries are already developing this satellite ...

The Deep Space Network is aging and needs to be replaced. Our ability to travel to Mars will depend on a reliable communications system. Can lasers do the trick?

Today that technology exists as the Four Laser Guide Star Facility, which operates the ESO’s Very Large Telescope . Coming in at a respectable 22 watts of power, this calibration tool has been ...

NASA’s laser communications experiment just beamed back a video from space for the first time, and it features a cat named Taters chasing a laser pointer.

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory launched the Space Wireless Energy Laser Link—or SWELL—late Tuesday to demonstrate laser power beaming in space as part of a scheduled Defense Department ...

Earth just received a laser transmission from a world (and perhaps universe) record-breaking 140 million miles away — which could have major implications for the future of space travel.

In-space manufacturing is a big challenge, even with many of the same manufacturing methods being available as on the ground. These methods include rivets, bolts, but also welding, the latter of ...

WASHINGTON — L3Harris is making a strategic investment in laser communications company Mynaric with plans to make increased use of that technology for space and other applications.