Russia is about to launch 'giant donuts' on the edge of the Solar System in record time

The team of Russian scientists is developing a donut-shaped spacecraft that can reach the farthest corner of the solar system in record time.

The ship moves by taking energy directly from the Sun. The cover of the middle part is a specially coated solar sail, which will begin to evaporate when approaching the Sun to help the ship accelerate without having to carry heavy engines.

The move helps the spacecraft get closer to the mysterious Oort cloud , the crust of trillions of icy objects located at the farthest end of the Solar System, and believed to be the place where comets formed.

The ship moves by taking energy directly from the Sun.(Artwork: RT)

The use of the sun to move also allows Russian space ships to pass the fastest current probes, clarifying the question of the origin of the comet, while also proving Albert's general theory of relativity Einstein.

"The flight time for other stars is huge. The high-speed space probe Voyager 1 takes 300 years to reach the Oort cloud. The new spacecraft will probably get there in just 20-30. year, "said Professor Olga Starinov, from the Space Engineering department of Samara University.

"This means we or the next generation can get evidence of clouds that are thought to be the source of all comets, and examine what is left after the Solar System is formed. into about 4.6 billion years ago, " explained Starinov.

Scientists have studied flight to other planets over the years and realized that solar sails could maintain a presence near Jupiter, Saturn or Mars for a while. long, before turning scientific data back to Earth.

Their goal now is to fly as close to the Sun as possible to perform long-distance missions to nearby star systems.