To reach Earth’s closest star system, Alpha Centauri, scientists are building a laser-powered spacecraft. To pull off ...

Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system ...

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The newly discovered interstellar visitor is just the third of its kind and fascinates astronomers who hope to learn from it ...

Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.

Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...

Interstellar travel is one of the most frustrating topics in all of astrophysics. Despite hundreds of articles, movies and TV shows devoted to the subject, in most professional astronomical ...

Achieving practical interstellar travel requires overcoming the immense challenge of reaching extraordinary velocities. To ...

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In the 2014 film Interstellar, humanity takes advantage of a wormhole near Saturn to travel to different galaxies in minutes while searching for a new, habitable planet.Similarly, a network of ...

That’s Pulsar’s next task: building an eight-meter fusion chamber to bring plasma to ultra-hot temperatures and create exhaust speeds fast enough for interstellar travel.

This is why solar sails are really cool, and this is why I like them for interstellar travel. Let’s go out the Earth’s distance from the sun, 1 AU, 93 million miles.