Oumuamua and Comet Borisov in 2017 and 2019, respectively, created a surge of interest. What were they? Where did they come ...

"Our Sun (Sol) is marked by a black hexagon, and its orbital path is indicated by a grey solid line (top row only). Alpha Centauri's location and path are shown by a yellow star and a solid blue line ...

From legendary trash talk to playing left-handed just for fun, the stories about Larry Bird are almost too crazy to believe. But former players confirm—they’re all real. Bird wasn’t just a great ...

"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous spacecraft, with potential to eventually open interstellar distances to ...

Tiny spaceships could be accelerated by lasers so that they reach the nearest star in 20 years. That's the theory. Now it's ...

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

An open letter to any friendly aliens who are considering making first contact with Earth soon: If I've learned anything from ...

Civilization 7's victory types will look pretty familiar to long-time fans of the series, but its Military victory is a ...

The project hopes to propel roughly 1,000 tiny "StarChip" spacecraft toward Alpha Centauri, the second-closest star system to Earth, at 20% of light-speed (about 134 million mph). Each "chip ...

"Chemical rockets that we use today, even with the extra speed boost from flying by planets, or from swinging by the sun for a boost, just don't have the ability to scale to useful interstellar speeds ...

Unlike in earlier series entries, where futuristic goals like reaching Alpha Centauri or establishing the first colonies in ...

I like the Vvolt Centauri II so much that I feel the need to open with a disclaimer: I am not getting paid by Vvolt, and Lifehacker has no relationship with the company. For general urban riding ...