Chinese scientists at Harbin Engineering University have developed a laser propulsion system that promises a new era of submarine technology. Rather than using a propulsion shaft and propellers, the ...

For centuries, space travel has been limited by traditional propulsion methods, with chemical rockets remaining the primary ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The concept of laser propulsion, introduced by Professor Arthur Kantrowitz in 1972, marked the beginning of a new era in space exploration technology. Since then, laser ...

Space travel can be agonizingly slow: For example, the New Horizons probe took almost 10 years to reach Pluto. Traveling to Proxima Centauri b, the closest habitable planet to Earth, […] ...