Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have taken a major step toward developing lightsails that could one day ...

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 ...

The idea of lightsails is something out of science fiction. As early as the 1950s and ‘60s, science fiction writers John Campbell, Arthur C. Clarke and others were toying with the idea of “solar sails ...

Caltech researchers develop a platform to characterize ultrathin membranes for lightsails, advancing the quest for ...

The initiative aims to use high-power lasers to accelerate small space probes equipped with lightsails to relativistic speeds, with the goal of reaching Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system.

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

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