Laser pushed sails—ultrathin need reflective structures that are square meters but weight a gram. If the sails and the ...

This effort will aim to demonstrate the feasibility of directed-energy propulsion through a combination of computational simulations and prototype testing. The project will model the interactions ...

In a Nature Communications article published in late March, researchers announced that they had created a more efficient way to design and manufacture lightsails — light-reflecting, lightweight ...

Recent breakthroughs in AI-optimized lightsails could hold the key to projecting man's reach across the galaxy. Here's what you need to know What Are Lightsails? The Future of Space Propulsion ...

Lightsails have the potential to reduce flight time to nearby stars from several thousand years using current propulsion systems to perhaps just a decade or two. Now, a team of researchers from Brown ...

Compared to conventional propulsion systems, lightsails could dramatically reduce travel time to nearby stars, potentially cutting it from thousands of years down to just a few decades. A process for ...

Lightsails have the potential to reduce flight time to nearby stars from several thousand years using current propulsion systems to perhaps just a decade or two. Now, a team of researchers from Brown ...

Researchers at TU Delft and Brown University have developed scalable nanotechnology-based lightsails that could support future advances in space exploration and experimental physics. Their research, ...

Lightsails have the potential to reduce flight time to nearby stars from several thousand years using current propulsion systems to perhaps just a decade or two. Now, a team of researchers from ...

TU Delft and Brown University researchers have engineered scalable lightsails, ultra-thin reflectors propelled by laser radiation pressure for high-speed travel. Lightsails represent a unique ...