Science
Could carbon-foam probes bring interstellar flight within reach? – Space.com
Solar-sailing ‘bubblecraft’ could get to Proxima Centauri in 185 years, a study suggests.
Spacecraft made of carbon-foam bubbles could zoom from Earth to Alpha Centauri
in 185 years, driven solely by the power of the sun, a new study finds.
A swarm of these probes might help discover and study our solar system’s mysterious Planet Nine
, if this hypothesized world exists, scientists added.
Conventional rockets driven by chemical reactions are currently the leading form of space propulsion. However, they are not anywhere close to efficient enough to reach another star within a hum…
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