laser communication

Laser on NASA’s Psyche asteroid probe beams data from 140 million miles away

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Late last year, NASA scientists pressed the start of a long-awaited space mission. In short, they launched a spacecraft towards an asteroid that could very well be made entirely of metal, a composition that appears to be a rarity – at least in the vicinity of our solar system. The robot adventurer is called Psyche … Read more

NASA receives a laser message from 10 million miles away

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. An innovative experiment aboard NASA’s Psyche mission has just reached its first major milestone by successfully performing the most distant demonstration of laser communications. The tech demo could one day help NASA missions delve deeper … Read more