If you happened to be looking at the sky in Europe on a cold night on February 5 1993, there is a chance you could have seen a dim flash of light. That flash came from a Russian space mirror ...

Researchers from the University of Glasgow said Monday that sun reflectors placed in space could help produce energy for solar farms at dawn and dusk. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI Feb. 5 (UPI) --A ...

Znamya-2 was a 20-metre reflective structure much like aluminium foil (Znamya means 'banner' in Russian), unfurled from a spacecraft which had just undocked from the Russian Mir space station. Its ...

A group of scientists from the University of Glasgow has suggested using lightweight orbiting reflectors powered by photovoltaics to increase electricity generation in solar power plants located on ...

A new database contains the results of exposure experiments on solar reflectors conducted over more than four decades. The publicly available Solar Mirror Materials Database (SMMD) will contain ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. When ...