Project Dragonfly
Laser-Powered Sails Would be Great for Exploring the Solar System too
A new study from UCLA shows how laser-driven light sails could be a cost-effective method for exploring the Solar System…
1 year ago
New Calculations Show That an Interstellar Bussard Ramjet Drive Would Need a Magnetic Field Stretching 150 Million Kilometres
A new analysis of the fabled Bussard Ramjet shows that the spacecraft would need an impossibly big magnetic field to…
1 year ago
Will Water Bears be the First Interstellar Astronauts?
A new study conducted with support from NASA considers sending "Water Bears" on the first interstellar voyages instead of humans.
1 year ago
There Should be About 7 Interstellar Objects Passing Through the Inner Solar System Every Year
A new study led by the Initiative for Interstellar Studies (i4is) has found that interstellar objects like 'Oumuamua visit our…
2 years ago
What Would be the Benefits of an Interstellar Probe?
A new study from the Initiative for Interstellar Studies outlines the benefits and requirements of sending a probe on an…
4 years ago
Exactly How We Would Send our First Laser-Powered Probe to Alpha Centauri
In a recent study, an international team of scientists present their concept for a lightsail and spacecraft that could make…
4 years ago