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 ...

Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences HELSINKI — China could look to laser power transmission from lunar orbit to supply spacecraft on the moon and solve one of the big challenges for its lunar ...

The X-shaped building in southwestern China could help China pull ahead in the race to master a futuristic clean energy ...

"Chemical rockets that we use today, even with the extra speed boost from flying by planets, or from swinging by the sun for a boost, just don't have the ability to scale to useful interstellar speeds ...

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

CCM / SWNS It comes after the UK tested its own high-powered laser weapon — dubbed DragonFire — against aerial targets last year. MOD / SWNS The report stopped short of providing specific ...

The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled ... as a power meter to measure both the force and power of the laser beam. "The device represents a small lightsail ...

"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous spacecraft, with potential ... researchers can calculate the force of the laser beam and its power. "There are numerous challenges involved ...