The O2O system could send more data to Earth than ever before, NASA says.

In space exploration, long-distance optical links can now be used to transmit images, films and data from space probes to Earth using light. But in order for the signals to reach all the way and not ...

Scientists at the European Space Agency used a laser to communicate with a spacecraft 165 million miles (265 million kilometers) away in deep space for the first time, marking a major step forward in ...

Optical fibre communication systems have revolutionised global telecommunications by harnessing light‐based signal transmission through highly engineered glass or plastic fibres. The principle of ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If we want to go to Mars, we need a better way to reliably relay messages through space. The solution could be ...

The artificial intelligence (AI) boom has created unprecedented demand for data traffic. But the infrastructure needed to support it faces mounting challenges. AI data centers must deliver faster, ...

Cailabs and Astrolight entered into an agreement to launch a satellite mission hosting Astrolight’s space-to-Earth laser communication terminal ATLAS-1. The mutual objective of the mission is to ...

Wireless laser communication systems developer Astrolight successfully performed a satellite-to-ground laser communication test using a portable OGS-1 optical ground station. Astrolight, working with ...

Figure 1: Conceptual image of an optical network with optical comb generation and frequency reference distribution which enables automatic frequency synchronization. - Eliminates the need for hundreds ...

Taara, a project at X (formerly known as Google X), provided an innovative solution using invisible light beams transmitted through the air to provide broadband connection between telecom nodes In ...