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Researchers develop new design and fabrication method to make lightsails for interstellar travel
In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective ...
Scientists Create Compact Laser That Could Revolutionize Chipmaking and Quantum Devices
A new solid-state laser produces 193-nm light for precision chipmaking and even creates vortex beams with orbital angular ...
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Ultra-thin lightsails with billions of tiny holes to enable high-speed space travel
Researchers have developed scalable lightsails, ultra-thin, reflective structures that use laser-driven radiation pressure to ...
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Lightsails That Can Travel 20% of The Speed of Light Move Closer to Reality
A new method for manufacturing lightsails that can reach up 20% of the speed of light is making the technology look more ...
A Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Years
Fusion has long been the propulsion end-goal for interplanetary travel, and a U.K.-based company thinks on its way to ...
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Space-Based Laser Links Are Taking Center Stage
A retired U.S. Air Force colonel, Cynamon headed the advanced concepts group in the service’s military satcom office in ...
Scalable nanotechnology-based lightsails developed for next-generation space exploration
Researchers at TU Delft and Brown University have developed scalable nanotechnology-based lightsails that could support ...