March 20, 2019 1:39 PM
Scientists successfully levitate objects with light
<span style="color: #222222;">Scientists have designed a way to levitate and propel objects using only light, by creating nanoscale patterns on the objects' surfaces.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Though still theoretical, the work is a step toward developing a spacecraft that could reach the nearest planet outside of our solar system in 20 years, powered and accelerated only by light.</span><br />'' <b...