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A new ultra-thin lightsail design could cut interstellar travel time by centuries, say scientists from Brown and TU Delft.

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Christopher Nolan and Sir David Attenborough recently received the prestigious Hawking Medal for Science Communication.

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The Hawking Medal has been previously awarded to a remarkable array of individuals from various fields, including Jane Goodall , Hans Zi ...

Researchers at TU Delft and Brown University have developed scalable nanotechnology-based lightsails that could support ...