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NASA beamed back a laser message from half a billion kilometers away 100 times faster than using radio waves
NASA has a new trick up its sleeve for space communication. In July 2024, the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) ...
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'Snowball Earth:' Entire planet was likely covered in ice more than 600 million years ago
New evidence found in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado supports the notion that Snowball Earth was indeed a global phenomenon.
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Pew Pew: Space Lasers Could Change How We Talk to Mars and Beyond
Its narrow width requires more accuracy to reach the receiving station on Earth, aiming the laser beam at a point where the ground-based telescope will be in the planet’s orbit by the time the ...
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NASA Earth-Based Laser Hits Satellite in Space With Sniper Accuracy
Its main mission was to test laser communications technologies that ... has been constantly pulled toward our planet, to a point that is now unusable. But that doesn't mean experiments don't ...
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After the Moon, Mars is getting laser-reflecting mirror to help future landings on the Red Planet
The Mars Perseverance Rover is currently on its way to the Red Planet scheduled to land on February 21. The rover is carrying laser-reflecting mirrors on board, similar to the ones already ...