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

An initiative called Breakthrough Starshot wants to explore another star system using ultra-powerful laser beams and wafer-thin spaceships. It's a goal that sounds so fantastic, you'd be forgiven ...