Tiny spaceships could be accelerated by lasers so that they reach the nearest star in 20 years. That's the theory. Now it's ...

Scientists are developing miniature lightsails that could travel at unprecedented speeds, potentially enabling interstellar travel.

Newport High School twin seniors Aaron and Taylor Fellows, who lead their Division III basketball teams in scoring, are ...

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

Prosecutors say Joshua Pena was drunk, speeding and driving with a suspended license when he crashed into a guardrail and a ...

A team of scientists has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the lab.

The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound like the stuff of sci-fi novels. But in fact, a program started in 2016 by Stephen Hawking and ...

There’s a terminator in our midst. Squinting through a telescope, I see it. The fuzzy line (in non-astro speak) where the ...

To reach Alpha Centauri, our nearest neighboring star system, the Breakthrough Starshot initiative proposes to launch a fleet of tiny spacecraft, each weighing a gram or less, and accelerate them ...