Caltech scientists are developing laser-driven lightsails that could push spacecraft beyond our solar system. Their research ...

"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous spacecraft, with potential to eventually open interstellar distances to ...

Sailing has been a mainstay of human history for millennia, so it's no surprise that scientists would apply it to traveling ...

The idea of a lightsail comes from the fact that radiation pressure represents a mechanical pressure acting on a surface due ...

Powered by laser light, this tiny sail lays the groundwork for future advances in lightsail technology and the potential for ...

Solar sailing, the most common version, uses pressure from the sun to push spacecraft ... loss of pushing power. They theorized that light hitting the edge of the sail diffracted, causing a ...

Space Solar Power (SSP), which can beam energy directly to disaster zones from space, regardless of ground conditions, offers a transformative solution. By developing SSP capability, the U.S ...

The Znamya project had the potential to change the world. The BBC's Tomorrow's World reported on an experiment that was ...