What if you could ride light like a sailboat rides the winds across the ocean? While this concept may seem impossible, it's ...

Photonic crystals are periodic optical structures that can control the flow of light. Multiple reflections from surfaces separated by a distance similar to the wavelength prevent an optical beam ...

Lightsails should enable space missions to other stars. Researchers from the USA and the Netherlands have significantly ...

Scientists have taken an exciting step toward sending tiny spacecraft to other stars. A team from Brown University in the U.S ...

A new ultra-thin lightsail design could cut interstellar travel time by centuries, say scientists from Brown and TU Delft.

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

A new lightsail design could help lay the path for interstellar travel at speeds around one-fifth the speed of light ...

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

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, ...