Lightsails have hit another speed bump on the road to interstellar travel

A new study suggests laser-driven interstellar lightsails may face a hidden efficiency problem as the very light pushing them starts behaving less helpfully.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inb ...
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This Breakthrough Propulsion Technology Could One Day Carry Humans to the Stars—But There’s a Problem

A futuristic propulsion system may have a few hurdles to cross before it can attain the near-light-speeds many experts had ...

The hidden physics complicating interstellar lightsails

If we're to reach another star, chemical propulsion will not get us there in any reasonable time frame. We're going to need a ...
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WiMi Develops A 3D Holographic LiDAR Diffuse Reflection Target Detection Chip to Fix Point Cloud Data Bias

BEIJING, May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (NASDAQ: WIMI) ("WiMi" or the "Company"), a leading global Hologram Augmented Reality ("AR") Technology provider, today announced that it ...
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Light could power interstellar spacecraft—until it starts slowing them down

A new study shows that a solar sail may face drag force from the very light that powers it.