When Oumuamua, the first interstellar object ever observed passing through the Solar System, was discovered in 2017, it exhibited some…
The Planetary Society's crowdfunded solar-sailing CubeSat, LightSail 2, launched on June 25th 2019, and two years later the mission is…
A new study from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy shows how a "Sun Diver," a light sail that dives…
Ten months in space! The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 spacecraft just reached that milestone. And the fine folks at the…
LightSail 2 deployed it solar sail five months ago, and it's still orbiting Earth. It's a successful demonstration of the…
Good news from The Planetary Society: LightSail 2's solar sail is functioning as intended. After launching on June 25th, then…
Where you can travel in space depends on how much propellant you’ve got on board your rocket and how efficiently…
LightSail 2 has successfully deployed its solar sails. Shortly after 12:00 pm PST The Planetary Society tweeted that the sails…
LightSail 2, the brainchild of The Planetary Society, has gifted us two new gorgeous images of Earth. The small spacecraft…
The Planetary Society recently launched its LightSail 2 technology demonstrator, which could prove to be an effective means of propulsion…