A new paper by researchers at Caltech published in Nature Photonics explores how to test what force a laser would have on a light sail as it travels to another star. The general concept of pushing ...

A new method for manufacturing lightsails that can reach up 20% of the speed of light is making the technology look more viable than ever.

Fiona Heenan announcing she's just sailed the 600km needed to claim a Guinness World Record for the longest distance sailed by a woman in a sailing ... when she and her boat Laser Record passed ...