TAU Systems is developing laser-plasma accelerators to simulate cosmic rays and accelerate testing of electronics for deep ...

"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 ...

US president orders work on defence shield going beyond Ronald Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ programme that could trigger nuclear arms ...

A laser beam in outer space that sends orbiting debris to a fiery end in the Earth's atmosphere may soon be a reality. SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. said it is developing a satellite that can shoot ...

Traditionally, space missions have relied on radio frequencies for communication. However, laser-based systems offer ... more ambitious missions to the outer planets and their moons.

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

As it turns out though, lasers could hold the key to cutting down travel times in space! 45 Days To Mars on the Laser Laser thermal propulsion is a relatively simple concept, and could get our ...

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 ...

While the effect is small in the near vacuum of outer space, it is much greater once the beam hits the earth’s atmosphere. Powering the satellites that fire the lasers would also require them to ...