The first UK trial of a rigid sail that can be fitted on commercial ships to reduce their carbon footprint is under way in the Irish Sea. The sail being tested is more like an aircraft wing than ...

Credit: Moritz Seidel / ETH Zürich Using the SESAM, the researchers coax their laser into sending out short pulses rather than a continuous beam. Pulses have a higher intensity because the light ...

The second batch of Qianfan/Thousand Sails satellites launches on a Long March 6A rocket from Taiyuan, Oct. 15, 2024. Credit: Ourspace MILAN — China successfully launched the second group of 18 ...

Here’s how it works. China's recently launched "Thousand Sails" satellites are so bright they can clearly be seen with the naked eye at night, far exceeding the limits proposed by astronomical ...

NASA invites the public to virtually sail along with the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System's space journey using NASA’s “Eyes on the Solar System” visualization tool, a digital model of the solar ...

Researchers will be able to analyze chemical compounds and atoms in greater detail than ever before using the brightest, clearest laser of its kind anywhere in the world When you purchase through ...