Humanity’s dream of reaching the stars has grown since the 19th century when we first measured the distance to a star, and ...

It wasn’t until the ‘90s that our astronomical powers advanced enough to confirm the existence of worlds around other stars.

On the night of July 19, 1952, the 48-inch Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory in California was taking one of its routine photographs of the night sky. It was part of the First Palomar Sky Survey ...

Participants need to design a "generation ship" capable of sustainable travel for over 250 years under the technical ...

However, a series of groundbreaking technologies are now knocking on the door of interstellar travel, injecting fiery hope ...

Fast-forward to today: we’ve gone from one lonely planet to a catalog of thousands. The pace is accelerating. In 2015, NASA’s ...