But in the new paper, engineer and solar sail scholar Colin McInnes ... Maxwell laid out a long list of calculations (based on existing physics rather than observation) to show that Saturn ...

A ring or sphere could, apparently, be stable if surrounded by the right sizes and gravities of other stars.

Solar sails are spacecraft that actively use the minute pressure ... Quantum Navigation Research Center), Associate Professor Yatsu Yoichi (Department of Physics), Associate Professor Nakanishi Hiroki ...

Solar sails have been the subject of research and ... the former head of the Advanced Propulsion Physics Research Laboratory (NASA Eagleworks) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

Solar power satellite (SPS) advocates have been dreaming of using space resources to build massive constructions for decades.

A pioneering rigid shipping mast has set off on its first journey, harnessing the wind to propel a cargo ship from England to ...

The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...

Following a successful launch in the early hours of Wednesday morning (12 March 2025) U.K. time, the PUNCH spacecraft are ...

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — Perovskite solar cells could last ten times longer thanks to new research, which suggests alumina nanoparticles significantly enhance the lifespan and stability of these high ...