The US and China are racing to build space-based solar power infrastructure that would ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Jovana Radulovic, Head of School of Mechanical and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sierra Space, the company behind the in-development Dream Chaser spaceplane, announced a technology center expansion that will ...

China is preparing to build a solar power station in orbit that could generate as much energy as a nuclear plant and transmit it wirelessly to Earth. This video breaks down how the system works, why ...

Space-based solar power represents a transformative shift in renewable energy, capturing sunlight in orbit and transmitting electricity to Earth continuously. Orbiting photovoltaic arrays receive ...

Just weeks after Sierra Space Corp. publicly launched operations at a manufacturing facility in Centennial, the aerospace company says it is opening another plant in Broomfield, this factory ...

Beijing team finds that potential electrical discharges, though brief, could induce abnormal currents in spacecraft systems.

A future where your lights, phone, and even entire cities are powered by sunlight collected in orbit may not be far-fetched. A new study published in Joule00255-7) suggests that Europe could one day ...