“Optical communication can provide much higher bandwidth, better data security, and less risk of spectrum congestion,” said Carmel Ortiz, SVP of MEO programs at SES, in a statement. “The Cailabs ...

In a major step toward high-speed space internet, NASA has successfully exchanged laser-encoded messages with a spacecraft over 350 million kilometers from Earth. The story, reported by IFLScience, ...

The spacecraft will map the boundaries of the heliosphere, study how Earth’s outer atmosphere reacts to solar activity and ...

A new study has shown that our powerful radio signals are likely to be picked up by extraterrestrial life, which could then ...

If you're in the mood for a high-flying miniature sandbox shooter with some surprising tactical depth, Cubit and Epic's Infinitesimals could do the trick.

NASA proves laser communication works in space, sending HD video across millions of miles and paving the way for faster data from Mars.

In the inaugural installation of Shakedown Beat, WAMC's Josh Landes offers a review of three northeastern jam band festivals in Summer 2025, and how he fell in love with the band moe.

In a Culver’s booth in Cedar Falls, a new chapter of local music quietly began in January 2025. That’s where Bluff Street, a ...

The popularity of Julian Fellowes and HBO's "The Gilded Age" is bringing new interest and tourists to Newport. The city's ...

Venus is officially a lonely planet. After losing contact with the Akatsuki spacecraft last year, Japan’s space agency (JAXA) ...

It was Wednesday, Aug. 13, with the dusk darkening the last daylight outside the Broadway Lights Diner when the young man came into the restaurant after having been stabbed in the neck. “He wasn't ...

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...