JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A low-cost, high-power laser-based system aimed at destroying incoming missiles has successfully completed testing and will be ready for operational use by the military later ...

The slingshot, called TARS, could in theory accelerate a small spacecraft up to 620 miles per second. Reaching interstellar space could be far simpler than we thought, thanks to a new idea called TARS ...

In a breakthrough straight out of science fiction, Israel has announced the deployment of the world's first effective and battle-tested high-power laser interception system, dubbed Iron Beam, ...

Future technology could one day allow a miniature, laser-propelled spacecraft — no heavier than a paperclip — to travel to a nearby black hole, according to a bold new proposal published on Thursday ...

A Chinese satellite has used a small 2-watt laser from 36,000 km above Earth to send data faster than Starlink. This surprising success shows how far space technology has come, using just a weak beam ...