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

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

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

A new paper by researchers at Caltech published in Nature Photonics explores how to test what force a laser would have on a light sail as it travels to another star. The general concept of pushing ...