Achieving practical interstellar travel requires overcoming the immense challenge of reaching extraordinary velocities. To ...

"Chemical rockets that we use today, even with the extra speed boost from flying by planets, or from swinging by the sun for ...

Communication is key. That’s true on Earth and it’s true in space. But in space, you need to contend with a crucial fact of ...

However, the challenge of interstellar exploration—journeys beyond our solar system to distant stars—presents far greater complexity and requires a radical reimagining of space technology.

"We think every dense, dusty region that we see, and most of the ones we don't see, look like this on the inside — we just ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the infrared glow of an ancient supernova's light echo, revealing ...