Powered by laser light, this tiny sail lays the groundwork for future advances in lightsail technology and the potential for ...

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

The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound like the stuff of sci-fi novels. But in fact, a program started in 2016 by Stephen Hawking and ...

Scientists’ ideas for travelling to the stars range from the the wholly improbable to the hugely expensive and very difficult, says Ed Regis ...

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

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

Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth.

An upcoming NASA mission will feature a major piece of technology designed by a team of researchers from the University of ...

A new study claims it is possible an "alien visitor" could have warped our solar system during its earliest years.

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Most theoretical studies on "beam riders" for interstellar travel have focused on laser beams, which are composed of ...

This groundbreaking observation has enabled astronomers to create accurate 3D maps of the interstellar medium for the first time. The initial findings offer novel perspectives on the relationship ...