Three decades after the first and only time that a mirror was launched to demonstrate solar energy could be reflected from space to Earth. My colleagues and I believe it’s time to revisit this ...

A group of scientists from the University of Glasgow has suggested using lightweight orbiting reflectors powered by photovoltaics to increase electricity generation in solar power plants located on ...

Power demand spikes in the early morning and later evening, when solar arrays can't help. But researchers in Scotland say orbital launch costs are getting so cheap that giant space-based reflectors ...

If you happened to be looking at the sky in Europe on a cold night on February 5 1993, there is a chance you could have seen a dim flash of light. That flash came from a Russian space mirror ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Andrea Viale (University of Glasgow) If you happened to be looking at the sky in Europe on a cold night on February 5 1993, there ...