Caltech researchers develop a platform to characterize ultrathin membranes for lightsails, advancing the quest for ...

A team of scientists has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the lab.

The International Space Station is captured in orbit from the vantage point of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule in 2021.

In a dark coincidence, the researchers point to California's current catastrophe as a timely example of their recently published findings. "In that publication, fairly incredibly, we use the example ...