Proposed constellations of orbiting mirrors and data centers would completely destroy the night sky as humanity has known it ...

Brigitte Bren leads discussion on futuristic solar project at Caltech A futuristic solar-power project backed by OC real estate mogul Donald Bren needs to move into the commercial sphere, according to ...

Elon Musk, the CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, raised some eyebrows at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, ...

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Another day, another ambitious company emerges to harness the power of the Sun from Earth's orbit. Okay, it's not quite that common an occurrence, but there are indeed a number of firms giving this a ...

This week, Google has gone into details on a plan to build a “scalable ML compute systems” in space. Dubbed Project Suncatcher, Google will be researching the means to build a facility for its AI TPU ...

It was probably always when, not if, Google would add its name to the list of companies intrigued by the potential of orbiting data centers. Google announced Tuesday a new initiative, named Project ...

United States-based space solar startup Overview Energy has announced its emergence from stealth mode to work on the next phase of commercialization. Based in Ashburn, Virginia, the company was ...

Space-based solar power (SBSP) is the ultimate “why not?” energy concept: collect sunlight above the clouds, where the Sun shines more consistently, then beam that energy down to Earth to feed the ...

"Dcubed is fully committed to leading the next frontier: power generation in orbit," said Dr. Thomas Sinn, CEO of Dcubed. "My involvement in a NASA NIAC study on space-based solar power more than 15 ...