[NASA] and a team of partners has demonstrated a space-to-ground laser communication system operating at a record breaking 200 gigabit per second (Gbps) data rate. The TeraByte InfraRed Delivery ...

Collapsed dead stars, known as neutron stars, are a trillion times denser than lead, and their surface features are largely ...

"This tells us that objects like white dwarfs may be able to live very close to an event horizon for a relatively extended period of time." ...

Scientists have detected emanating from the nucleus of a galaxy relatively close to our Milky Way flashes of X-rays gradually ...

NASA has achieved a world-first after sending a laser-beamed message to Earth from nearly 10 million miles away within 50 seconds. While the space agency has long been able to communicate with ...

The space around Earth is becoming increasingly ... satellite data with a highly precise technique called Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR). “A network of SLR stations points a laser at a satellite ...

A laser beam in outer space that sends orbiting debris to a fiery end in the Earth's atmosphere may soon be a reality. SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. said it is developing a satellite that can shoot ...

In this artist’s concept, matter is stripped from a white dwarf (sphere at lower right) orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927+654’s supermassive black hole. Astronomers ...

According to the university's press service, the laser beam will be projected onto ... Russia ratifies agreement on outer space cooperation with Tajikistan The areas of cooperation are space ...

Although laser communication in space is far from novel, its wide-scale deployment as seen with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet constellation has brought the technology to the forefront ...

NEW ORLEANS — Archaeologists using laser-sensing technology detected what may be an ancient ... suggests much of the seemingly empty, jungle-clad space between known Mayan sites may once have ...