Researchers at TU Delft and Brown University have developed scalable nanotechnology-based lightsails that could support ...
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Ultra-thin lightsails with billions of tiny holes to enable high-speed space travelTU Delft and Brown University researchers have engineered scalable lightsails, ultra-thin reflectors propelled by ...
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A new nanomaterial to make lightsails for interstellar travelIn a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective ...
Lightsails should enable space missions to other stars. Researchers from the USA and the Netherlands have significantly improved their design. Sailing in space: scientists have been testing sail ...
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 ...
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 ...
How can lightsail technology advance to help humanity travel to other star systems? This is what a recent study published in ...
In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective ...
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Scientists have taken an exciting step toward sending tiny spacecraft to other stars. A team from Brown University in the U.S ...
A new method for manufacturing lightsails that can reach up 20% of the speed of light is making the technology look more ...
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