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Kickstarter Project Aims to 'Back Up Humanity' in Cosmic Cloud
By Mike Wall published
All of the books ever written, the genetic blueprint for human life and much of the other information that defines us as a species could soon be riding laser beams toward faraway exoplanets.
Lasers Could Blast Astronauts to Mars, Protect Earth from Asteroids
By Mike Wall published
No Breakthrough Yet: Stephen Hawking's Interstellar 'Starshot' Faces Challenges
By Jesse Emspak published
Here are the biggest challenges Stephen Hawking and others on the Breakthrough Starshot team will have to overcome to make interstellar spaceflight a reality.
'Starshot' Interstellar Probes May Hunt for Alien Life Close to Home
By Mike Wall published
Laser-propelled probes designed to search for signs of life around nearby stars will also likely hunt for aliens on Saturn's moon Enceladus and other objects within Earth's own solar system.
How Breakthrough Starshot's Interstellar Probes Would Work (Infographic)
By Karl Tate published
Postage-stamp-sized space probes could make a flyby of planets around Alpha Centauri within 20 years after launch.
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