Thus, this propulsion by Light-Induced Ejected Electrons (LIEE) is actually an energy transfer process, where the photon energy is absorbed by graphene bulk materials and converted into the kinetic ...

With propulsion velocities of some 40% of the speed of light, such technology could eventually cut travel times to the nearby Alpha Centauri star system to less than a decade.

The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on—electric grids, aviation and ...

If travel to distant stars within an individual's lifetime is going to be possible, a means of faster-than-light propulsion will have to be found. To date, even recent research about faster-than ...

Light-activated propulsion spins bacteria-shredding micromotors. A conceptual rendering of the micromotors that can degrade bacterial cell walls, leading to their death.

Despite the fevered reports rocketing around the Internet recently, NASA is not on the verge of developing a fuel-free, faster-than-light propulsion system, space agency officials stress. A team ...

If you can get the ship’s speed up to .2 light speed (which becomes more of a structural issue than a thrust issue), you can reach a bunch of nearby stars within one or two generations.

Light Levitation. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) say they've found a way to levitate and propel objects using only light — though, for the time being, the work ...

According to the new light-propulsion theory, nanoscale surface patterns interact with the light and keep the propelled object trapped in the beam. Photo by Atwater laboratory/Caltech.

Some experts assert that a more realistic estimate of such a spacecraft’s speed would be about 0.10c (10% of the speed of light), but even this would represent a fantastic speed that is utterly ...

If travel to distant stars within an individual's lifetime is going to be possible, a means of faster-than-light propulsion will have to be found. To date, even recent research about faster-than ...