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Meet 'Oumuamua! The 1st Interstellar Visitor Ever Seen Gets a Name
By Mike Wall published
We now know what to call the mysterious object from interstellar space that zoomed past Earth last month.
Stephen Hawking Warns: Humanity May Have Less Than 600 Years to Leave Earth
By Mike Wall published
If humanity doesn't become a truly spacefaring species in the next five centuries or so, we may well go extinct, Stephen Hawking said, according to media reports.
Candidate 'Passengers' Picked for Potential 1st Interstellar Mission
By Leonard David published
Experts in interstellar travel have picked future candidates to make the first extrasolar trek. Their names: the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and tardigrades, otherwise known as water bears.
Visitor from Far, Far Away: Interstellar Object Spotted in Our Solar System
By Mike Wall published
A visitor from interstellar space has apparently been spotted in our solar system for the first time ever.
Interstellar Spaceflight Conference Launches Monday
By Mike Wall published
Scientists, engineers and exploration advocates will gather in central California this week to help plan out humanity's journey to the stars.
Will Mini Fusion Rockets Provide Spaceflight's Next Big Leap?
By Charles Q. Choi published
Fusion-powered rockets that are only the size of a few refrigerators could one day help propel spacecraft at high speeds to nearby planets or even other stars, a NASA-funded spaceflight company says.
Life Among the Stars? Tiny Interstellar Probes May Test 'Panspermia' Idea
By Mike Wall published
Some of the first spacecraft that humanity sends to other solar systems may carry microscopic ambassadors from Earth.
Kamikaze Starshot: Will Some Interstellar Probes Slam into Their Target Planets?
By Mike Wall published
The first fleet of robotic spacecraft that humanity launches to explore nearby exoplanets may include a few kamikazes.
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