Like nuclear fusion, the idea of space-based solar power has always seemed like a futuristic technology with an actual deployment into communities ever remaining a couple of decades away.

They have a different connectivity goal: connecting everything, everywhere, to energy. They are re-examining the old idea of space-based solar power (SBSP) to see if new technologies and ...

Long a staple of science fiction authors and futurists, the idea of harnessing solar power directly from space has been thwarted by technological and cost barriers. The promise is tantalizing ...

Imagine a world where electricity is no longer limited by fossil fuels or the angle at which the sun shines. A space-based solar panel has been discovered by scientists to switch things up a little in ...

Aetherflux, the space solar startup founded by Baiju Bhatt, the billionaire co-founder of Robinhood, has raised $50 million in a Series A round as it works to launch its first low Earth orbit ...

Troublesome lunar dust could soon be transformed into solar cells to help power moon bases and humanity's push to explore further out into space. This is the promise of an international team of ...

A constellation of satellites orbiting 250 miles above Earth’s surface shows how solar and wind have taken off in recent years: Here’s what renewable energy sites looked like eight years ago.

China is currently planning to build a gigantic solar power station in space. To get parts of the array out of our atmosphere, scientists are working on a reusable heavy lift rocket called the ...

These panels will be manufactured at Rocket Lab’s 150,000 square-foot space solar production facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rocket Lab’s panels will provide the large LEO constellation ...