Solar Sails and Comet Tails: How Sunlight Pushes Stuff Around

September 27, 2024 Rhett Allain

It seems crazy, but light actually exerts a physical force on objects. It could power a new generation of spacecraft for deep-space missions.

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No, Sam Altman, AI Won’t Solve All of Humanity’s Problems
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