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An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

Scientists are developing miniature lightsails that could travel at unprecedented speeds, potentially enabling interstellar ...

Scientists suggest an interstellar visitor may have altered planetary orbits in our Solar System, reshaping trajectories of ...

"Chemical rockets that we use today, even with the extra speed boost from flying by planets, or from swinging by the sun for ...

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The enormous visitor to our solar system may have been about 8 times the mass of Jupiter, and come nearly as close to the sun ...

Scientists propose using relativistic electron beams to propel spacecraft, offering a new hope for interstellar travel within ...

But using computer models, scientists have found that an interstellar visitor may have passed through our solar system roughly 4 billion years ago and tweaked the paths of these outer planets.

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

Researchers have proposed a new propulsion method that could make covering the vast distances required for interstellar missions feasible within a human lifetime. The fundamental challenge in ...