The spacecraft, no heavier than a gram and propelled to a third of the speed of light by lasers on Earth, would gather ...

An astrophysicist argues that the interstellar mission would be extremely challenging but not completely unrealistic ...

A visionary plan proposes sending a paperclip-sized spacecraft, powered by Earth-based lasers, to a nearby black hole within ...

In a paper published in the journal iScience, Bambi lays out a plan to turn such a deep-space mission into reality. If ...

“Our analysis shows that the blast was sparked by a catastrophic encounter with a black hole companion, and is the strongest ...

A bold new proposal envisions launching laser-propelled nanocraft to a nearby black hole to test Albert Einstein's theory of ...

For a spacecraft like that to reach a black hole in such a relatively short time, there would have to be a black hole 20-25 ...

About 5 billion light-years away from where you're sitting, in one of the most massive galaxies on record, there exists an ...

The Webb telescope found that a far-off little red dot is the oldest known black hole, shrouded by gas that could help explain the ruby color.

Violent black hole collisions may create black hole 'morsels' no larger than an asteroid — and these bizarre objects could ...

It sounds like science fiction: a spacecraft, no heavier than a paperclip, propelled by a laser beam and hurtling through ...

Astronomers have discovered what may be a massive star exploding while trying to swallow a black hole companion, offering an ...