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A company wants to sell you sunlight at midnight. Reflect Orbital is developing satellites with giant mirrors that reflect sunlight to Earth, covering a spot roughly 5km wide. Open an app, pick a location, order daylight at midnight, and adjust brightness from moonlight to full sun. Built for solar energy, farms lose power after sunset, so Reflect Orbital bounces sunlight onto them after dark, extending generation time. Not just a pitch. Over 260,000 applications from 157 countries, $20 million raised, a US Air Force contract, and their first test satellite approved for launch. But astronomers warn space mirrors could damage our ability to study the universe. A physicist notes one mirror gives nowhere near the power a solar panel needs. And if the night sky never goes dark, what happens to sleep, animals, and the planet's rhythm? Exciting, or genuinely worrying? Tell me below. #ReflectOrbital #SpaceTech #anik #FutureTech #AINews

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