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

Laser communication market thrives on high-speed data transmission, driven by satellite constellations and military ...

"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous spacecraft, with potential to eventually open interstellar distances to ...

Instead, Trump’s order demands the deployment of “space-based interceptors” — a web of satellites, some equipped with lasers. It then calls for the development of another layer of lower-altitude ...

The Iron Dome boosts U.S. missile defense with $19.5 billion for interceptors, Aegis Ashore installations, space sensors, and ...

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LISA is set to revolutionize our understanding of the gravitational universe and the interactions that make the entire cosmos ...

SCIENTISTS have unveiled several options to stop 2024 YR4, an asteroid the size of a football pitch from smashing into Earth. It comes after an expert warned that the chance of the giant space ...

Scientists have discovered that gravitational waves could turn neutron stars into cosmic tuning forks with characteristic ...

Laser ablation is another technique that could be used where either one or multiple spacecrafts are sent to approach the space rock and fire lasers at it. The lasers would heat up the surface of ...