Peter F. Hamilton is a renowned British author who specializes in science fiction space operas. He's best known for the Greg Mandel trilogy which includes his debut novel, Mindstar Rising, along ...

Almost since humans began dreaming about traveling among the stars, we’ve had space operas: wild, dramatic stories of exploration and interstellar warfare. Three new books reveal just how ...

Warp drives, made famous by the television series "Star Trek," are imagined engines that could push vehicles through space at speeds that are currently impossible—perhaps even at the speed of light.

Science fiction novels and movies are packed with far-out ideas, ... If you fire your rocket engines and maintain a constant acceleration of 9.8 meters per second squared, ...

A science fiction spaceship is a lot like a house party. When I see one, the first thing I want to know is what’s going on in the kitchen. Interior designers are the unsung heroes of sci-fi ...

Merlin is SpaceX's first and most reliable rocket engine. Considered one of the most powerful engines propelling space exploration, it is the heart of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. Ironically ...

From high above Earth, powerful AI systems quietly monitor the world—tracking movements, analyzing behavior, and drawing ...

Elon Musk is developing a vehicle that could be a game-changer for space travel. Starship, as it's known, will be a fully reusable transport system capable of carrying up to 100 people to the Red ...

In the standard GTSuper, the engine makes a brilliant 600 horsepower, but for the Jarama, that number comes up to 670.Looking like a science fiction spaceship engine, the seamless, carbon-trimmed ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Helicity Space, a California startup developing fusion engines for spaceflight, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round announced Dec. 11. Helicity attracted funding from ...

This year held some truly out-there moments in the world of science and space travel. With SpaceX’s Mars rocket erupting into a ball of flames over the ocean (twice) and a spacecraft swinging by ...