In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective ...

An international team of researchers from Brown University (USA) and Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) has made a ...

Cosmic speed limits can be a major inconvenience but they've rarely stopped science fiction in its tracks.

"We're trying to encounter an astronomical object that streaks through our solar system just once and we don’t want to miss ...

A new ultra-thin lightsail design could cut interstellar travel time by centuries, say scientists from Brown and TU Delft.

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are both exploring uncharted territory in interstellar space. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, sent a command for Voyager 1 to power ...

A photovoltaic Dyson sphere is a theoretical megastructure that could provide vast amounts of energy for interstellar space ...

In my experience, “Interstellar” is probably the film that’s most frequently called upon after asking others what their ...

An interstellar spacecraft would not simply ... there are also social and psychological hurdles to prolonged space travel. Such a ship must be not only a high-performance machine but also a ...