Powered by laser light, this tiny sail lays the groundwork for future advances in lightsail technology and the potential for ...

Scientists are developing miniature lightsails that could travel at unprecedented speeds, potentially enabling interstellar travel.

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

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

The destination instead could communicate with the spacecraft but the messages will tend to accumulate as the spaceship gets closer. You won’t be getting a nicely spread-out set of messages announcing ...

Project Hyperion Design Competition: envisioning interstellar generation ships for humanity's future in space and sustainable habitats.

The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound like the stuff of sci-fi novels. But in fact, a program started in 2016 by Stephen Hawking and ...

Scientists’ ideas for travelling to the stars range from the the wholly improbable to the hugely expensive and very difficult, says Ed Regis ...

Scientists propose using relativistic electron beams to propel spacecraft, offering a new hope for interstellar travel within ...

Sending a spacecraft to another star is daunting ... Though in early stages, this concept shows interstellar travel within human lifetimes is possible, bridging the gap between science fiction ...