Faster, more secure connections from space could one day make broadband on planes, ships and even remote roads as easy as turning on a light. The European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defense and Space, ...

NTT Advanced Technology (NTT‑AT) claimed success with a wireless laser communication system used at the site of Japan's historic Matsuyama Castle.

Physicists and chemists at Heidelberg University have realized a photonic microchip that is driven by light just as easily as electronic components via a "plug." Their development could serve as the ...

Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected. It is located in a violently merging galaxy more than 8 billion ...

The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a “seemingly threatening” drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection, lawmakers ...

Over the last few years, an ambitious moonshot project spun out of Google has been developing fascinating technologies to ...

A lucky alignment of galaxies allowed researchers to identify the most powerful and distant "space laser" ever found.

Industry first test of compact and energy-efficient satellite laser terminals in orbit aid to pave way for more secure, high-bandwidth and affordable space-to-Earth communication for small satellite ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) announced UltraAir achieved the world’s first gigabit-per-second laser link between aircraft and a geostationary satellite.