Astrophysicist Has a Plan to Launch a Chip-Sized, Laser-Powered Spacecraft Toward a Nearby Black Hole and Wait 100 Years for It to Send a Signal Home
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“An astrophysicist has proposed a concept for a laser-powered nanocraft to travel to a black hole. The project would require a trillion-dollar investment and technology that does not currently exist.”
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