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

The enormous visitor to our solar system may have been about 8 times the mass of Jupiter, and come nearly as close to the sun ...

I first watched “Interstellar” on an old laptop a year after its 2014 release. With its shifting aspect ratios and stunning cinematography, I remember regretting not experiencing the film in theaters ...

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

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

Navigating the vast ocean of the galaxy to reach distant stars will be no easy matter, but future spaceships may find many ...

Some 350 years after a supernova, its shockwave reaches interstellar space and causes clouds of gas and dust to glow. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / Jacob Jencson (Caltech/IPAC) Scientists ...

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Though space is chock-full of interstellar medium, it tends to be invisible unless lit up by a celestial spotlight. Sometimes ...