Caltech scientists are developing laser-driven lightsails that could push spacecraft beyond our solar system. Their research ...

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have taken a major step toward developing lightsails that could one day ...

Russian scientists have developed a plasma electric rocket engine that could enable travel to Mars in just one to two months.

The idea of a lightsail comes from the fact that radiation pressure represents a mechanical pressure acting on a surface due ...

Powered by laser light, this tiny sail lays the groundwork for future advances in lightsail technology and the potential for ...

Caltech researchers develop a platform to characterize ultrathin membranes for lightsails, advancing the quest for ...

Sailing has been a mainstay of human history for millennia, so it's no surprise that scientists would apply it to traveling ...