Powered by laser light, this tiny sail lays the groundwork for future advances in lightsail technology and the potential for ...
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Lightsail space tech gets tailwind from Caltech breakthroughSci-fi interstellar travel gets another tiny push Centuries after Western explorers used sail power to discover a world ...
Can lightsails be the future of deep space exploration? This is what a recent study published in Nature Photonics hopes to address as a team of researchers | Space ...
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Lightsail propulsion could enable interstellar travel at speeds never before imaginedScientists are developing miniature lightsails that could travel at unprecedented speeds, potentially enabling interstellar ...
A team of scientists has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the lab.
The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound like the stuff of sci-fi novels. But in fact, a program started in 2016 by Stephen Hawking and ...
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