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A laser-propelled mini spacecraft could travel to a nearby black hole, astrophysicist says
“I think it’s reasonable to expect we could find a nearby one within the next decade,” Bambi said in the statement.
Today, building the necessary laser array would cost around $1.1 trillion, far beyond the reach of current science budgets. But if trends in technology continue, Bambi estimates that cost could fall to around one billion euros within 30 years, putting it on par with current flagship space missions.
“We don’t have the technology now,” Bambi said in the statement. “But in 20 or 30 years, we might.”
“Engines Roared Like Exploding Suns”: Venus Aerospace Sparks Chaos as Rotating Detonation Rocket Test Ignites Groundbreaking US Leap Into the Future
IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Venus Aerospace has tested a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine, marking a milestone in propulsion technology. ⚡ The engine relies on supersonic explosions to generate thrust, offering higher efficiency than traditional methods. ✈️ The integration with the VDR2 ramjet could enable hypersonic vehicles to take off and land from conventional runways. 🌐
Scientists Announce a Physical Warp Drive Is Now Possible. Seriously
Humans are one step closer to traveling at faster-than-light speeds.
NASA manages to build a system that Einstein said was impossible with technology that rewrites the laws of the known universe and takes a step toward a new era of space exploration
Einstein set the speed of light as the cosmic speed limit, and nothing we do here overturns that. What changed is that researchers—some formerly at NASA, some now in academia and nonprofits—have mapped pieces of a path where spacetime itself does the moving, not the spacecraft.
That’s the idea behind a warp metric: compress space in front, expand it behind, and let the ship surf inside a bubble without breaking local limits. The trick sounds simple until you look at the bill. Classic calculations require negative energy, a substance no lab can supply in macroscopic amounts.