The trombone size probe could take us to the edge of the horizon of the event of a black hole

A visionary concept proposes to send a spaceship not larger than a trombone to a black hole nearby to a fraction of light speed. Propelled by earth -based lasers and built with ultra -light nanotechnology, the profession could make the trip in less than a century, returning data that could confirm – or challenge – the theory of Einstein de […]