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Wild Interstellar Flight System Is Among 22 Futuristic Ideas NASA Just Funded
By Mike Wall published

Breakthrough Starshot's Interstellar Sail Works Best As a Ball
By Tracy Staedter published

Could Mysterious Cosmic Light Flashes Be Powering Alien Spacecraft?
By Mike Wall published
Bizarre flashes of cosmic light may actually be generated by advanced alien civilizations, as a way to accelerate interstellar spacecraft to tremendous speeds, a new study suggests.

TRAPPIST-1: How Long Would It Take to Fly to 7-Planet System?
By Hanneke Weitering published
The discovery of seven Earth-size planets around a nearby star, TRAPPIST-1, is certainly exciting news. But what would it take to visit one of these potentially Earth-like alien worlds?

Could Wormholes Really Work? Probably Not
By Paul Sutter published
Could we actually warp and bend space-time to make a convenient tunnel, making all our galactic dreams come true? Short answer: not likely.

How New Hubble Telescope Views Could Aid Interstellar Travel
By Charles Q. Choi published
New Hubble observations of the interstellar medium could shed light on the challenges that future missions dispatched to the nearest stars might face, researchers say.

Sci-Fi Gets Science Right: 'Passengers' Nails the Physics
By Hanneke Weitering published
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