A California startup wants to use giant orbiting mirrors to reflect sunlight onto Earth after dark. The first test satellite ...

A company called Reflect Orbital wants to illuminate the Earth after sunset with orbital sky mirrors, raising alarm bells.

Scientists for years have argued over drastic action to cool a warming world. Among the most widely debated is stratospheric aerosol injection, or SAI— injecting reflective particles into the upper ...

We first saw Reflect Orbital's goofy idea to send mirrors into space to reflect light onto dark areas of the planet back in ...

Vast sums of private and public money are now chasing a once-fringe idea: deliberately reflecting a slice of sunlight back ...

California startup Reflect Orbital plans to launch thousands of satellites with mirrors to redirect sunlight to solar farms at night. Astronomers warn the bright reflected light could be “ruinous” to ...

Reflect Orbital plans a constellation to enable solar power generation at night, make crops grow better and stronger, possibly replace urban lighting, provide emergency illumination in disaster zones ...