NASA shared the first image captured of its solar sail prototype spacecraft flying in space. While solar sail technology is ...

However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...

Schulte brings an impressive track record from leadership roles at companies across the energy sector, including Cellcube, GE Energy, Aggreko, and LightSail Energy, a Silicon Valley startup.

Welcome to the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair, our annual celebration of research projects that tackled big problems and pushed their fields forward. The winning teams overcame huge challenges through ...

By Kenneth Chang The Planetary Society deployed LightSail 2, aiming to further demonstrate the potential of the technology for space propulsion. By Shannon Stirone The powerful rocket is carrying ...

If a sail is slightly tilted relative to the beam, the reflected laser light would give the lightsail a slight transverse push. No matter how small this deviation is, it would grow over time, causing ...