SciShow
5 Ways to Travel the Universe | Compilation
There are a lot of ways to get around in space, from using plain old sunlight to making super-hot plasma. We’ve talked about a lot of propulsion methods over the years, and now, it’s time for some highlights! Chapters Solar Sail 1:02...
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The Space Mirror That Turned Night into Day
Solar sail technology was once only theoretical, but it's now being developed to propel spaceships. How did the first solar sails get into space, and why?
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How to Clean Up After Ourselves in Space
We've launched thousands of spacecraft over the years. And as the space junk around our planet builds up, researchers are working on ways to clean things up using some obvious things, like lasers, and some less obvious ones, like solar...
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Using Sunlight to Propel Spaceships
When scientists are planning missions, they sometimes have to take into account the fact that the light from the Sun pushes on the spacecraft. But with solar sails, they can also use that pressure to propel the craft along.
Vlogbrothers
We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird.
Sometimes, the acceptance of a lack of knowledge is far more valuable than conjecture. That being said, let’s talk about what we do know, because regardless, it is very weird.
NASA
On a Mission: Season Two, Episode 4: Deflecting Disaster
Unlike the dinosaurs, we have a space program. There are many ways we could steer an asteroid off its path towards Earth.
NASA
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 50, Futuristic Space Technologies Small Steps, Giant Leaps
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program Executive Jason Derleth discusses visionary concepts that could transform future space missions.
NASA
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 74, Solar Sails Small Steps, Giant Leaps
NASA's Les Johnson discusses solar sail propulsion and the upcoming Near-Earth Asteroid Scout and Solar Cruiser missions.
Physics Girl
Spaceships pushed by LIGHT – the future of space travel?
What if you could power a ship using sunlight instead of wind? Well in space, you can! Solar sails or light sails are pushed with light from the sun. Photons provide a kick when they reflect off the sail pushing the sail like an air...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Scouting an Asteroid
Les Johnson and Julie Castillo-Rogez describe an experiment that will be deployed from the Artemis I mission to explore a near-Earth asteroid. HWHAP Episode 235.
Next Animation Studio
Astronomer doubles down: ‘Oumuamua could be alien craft’
A new book reasserts the astronomer author’s controversial claim about mankind’s first observed interstellar object
Next Animation Studio
NASA: NanoSail-D2's mission a success
NASA has announced the successful completion of a mission by NanoSail-D2, a mini-satellite with a solar sail that orbited the Earth for 240 days before performing a controlled reentry and burnout. NASA is interested in using solar sails...