"We're trying to encounter an astronomical object that streaks through our solar system just once and we don’t want to miss the opportunity." ...

Engineers are exploring propulsion methods that could enable longer-distance travel ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its second science-gathering flyby of the sun, the space agency ...

Blue Origin has set a launch date for sending Gayle King, Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez and three other women into space.

In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective ...

In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective ...

Researchers have developed scalable lightsails, ultra-thin, reflective structures that use laser-driven radiation pressure to ...

A new method for manufacturing lightsails that can reach up 20% of the speed of light is making the technology look more ...

How can lightsail technology advance to help humanity travel to other star systems? This is what a recent study published in ...

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

but not yet for interplanetary travel. With the success of IKAROS, Japan acquired the technology to navigate with solar sails and deploy large membranes, but there remained one important issue that ...