A proposal to create "sunlight on demand" from space has moved forward in a "deeply concerning" federal approval.

Mirrors in Space? The FCC Just Approved a Sun-Reflecting Satellite, and Astronomers Are Worried ...

A start-up company has permission to try its plan to bounce solar rays onto the dark side of Earth, turning night to day for ...

A research group has devised a new type of mirror that reverses the magnetic field of a light wave upon reflection, rather than its electric field, as regular mirrors do. Seems like a minor difference ...

Owing to the wave nature of light there are many ways that such different waves can interact with each other, but also with materials. Everyone knows about reflecting light with a mirror, which is a ...

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Funhouse mirrors help us learn about light and reflection. Mirrors are used for more than checking your face in the morning. Scientists have lots of uses for mirrors. Find out more about the different ...

Ever wonder how a mirror works? If you want to find the path that light takes when reflecting off a surface, you could use Fermat's Principle. This states something like this: The path that light ...