A chip-sized structure made of silicon nanopillars floated off a surface inside a Cornell University lab, pushed upward by ...

Alpha Centauri sits more than four light-years away, close enough to fascinate generations of dreamers and far enough to make ...

Traveling to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, is far beyond the reach of today’s rockets. With current technology, ...

A laser hit the tiny black cube, and it lurched forward almost at once. That split-second jump, caught during a zero-gravity ...

Texas A&M University researchers have demonstrated the first optical propulsion system capable of full three-dimensional maneuvering, using nanoscale-engineered 'metajets' powered by lasers. The ...

The US and China are in a race to develop the most advanced submarines. Chinese researchers say they have made a breakthrough in laser propulsion technology that could one day be used on submarines ...

Using even the most advanced rocket propulsion technologies available today, it would take billions ...

Reaching the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, would take hundreds of thousands of years using current rocket propulsion ...

State Key Laboratory of Laser Propulsion and Application has the following research output in the current window (1 January 2025 - 31 December 2025) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list ...

A breakthrough in laser propeller efficiency by Chinese scientists could transform underwater watercraft propulsion. SCMP reported that the experts have improved laser propeller efficiency, which ...

Rocket Lab (RKLB) stock surged nearly 10% after finalizing its Mynaric acquisition, introducing the Gauss thruster, and ...