The Alpha Centauri star system is just 4.2465 light-years away – a relative hop, skip, and a jump in a galaxy 100,000 light-years across. Wouldn't it be great to visit? Not just with a fleet of ...

The arrival of 3I/ATLAS in our solar system spawned multiple proposals for a rendezvous mission to study it up close. As the third interstellar object (ISO) ever detected, the wealth of information ...

The curious minds at What If imagine sailing across the galaxy on nothing but solar winds, exploring the physics, speed, and challenges of interstellar travel using only light and plasma.

Researchers detail a 2035 Solar Oberth maneuver mission using chemical propulsion to intercept interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS within 35 to 50 years.

Welcome to Edition 8.30 of the Rocket Report! As I write this week’s edition, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is undergoing ...

Some sci-fi movies take the genre extra seriously, using accurate technologies to ground their depiction of the future.

The idea of reaching another star once belonged entirely to science fiction, but that is no longer the case. This deep dive explores Project Starshot, a radical plan to send laser-driven micro-probes ...

Close-up measurements from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe are giving scientists an unprecedented look at how the solar wind gains ...

Penguin has released several new audiobooks so far this year, with novelisations of classic adventures, brand-new stories, and collections of tales from Doctor Who annuals, plus there are more on ...

The Artemis II mission, which will return US astronauts to lunar space, has run into problems that have critics demanding NASA remove the crew from the flight for safety reasons. The bigger question ...

It’s the GQ Couples Quiz, as we put WWE power couple Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch’s relationship to the test. When did Seth ...

Looking through the atmosphere is like looking through a piece of old stained glass. The glass has defects that distort the image. The atmosphere also has defects that distort the image, but the ...