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

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

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches ... just 50 nanometers thick. The miniature sail, a square sheet 40 microns on each side, is tethered at the corners by silicon nitride ...

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

Interestingly, the spacecraft would use an innovative propulsion method: lightsails. These types of reflective sails use the pressure from lasers or starlight to propel spacecraft. These ultrathin ...

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 ...

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

Scientists are developing a new space propulsion system that uses water as fuel, promising a more sustainable way to explore ...

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

FIRST release new double A-side single ‘Spacecraft’ / ‘Sailing’ ahead of first ever world tour! BE:FIRST, a seven-member Japanese boyband who are currently preparing to embark on their first ever ...

HELSINKI — China will launch a pair of low-cost space station resupply spacecraft this year on new commercial launch vehicles ...