‘Oumuamua, oh my! Was interstellar object actually an alien solar sail? Not so fast ‘Oumuamua is long gone from the inner solar system, but the mystery surrounding the interstellar interloper has been rekindled, thanks… Read More
Billionaire Yuri Milner discusses his plan to look for life on Saturn moon – and his Russian connections Russian billionaire Yuri Milner today laid out his vision to send the first privately funded interplanetary space mission to look… Read More
Newfound dust belts suggest that Proxima Centauri has more than one alien planet Astronomers created a stir last year when they reported that the closest star beyond our own solar system harbors a… Read More
Breakthrough Starshot tests smallest space probes for interstellar mission Breakthrough Starshot says it’s been testing prototype interstellar spacecraft no bigger than postage stamps in orbit for the past month,… Read More
Stephen Hawking lays out plan for settling space, from moon and Mars to the stars British physicist Stephen Hawking has repeatedly warned us that we have just a century or two to move off Earth,… Read More
How do you stop a speeding starship? Millions of dollars are being spent on a scheme to speed up swarms of tiny sail-equipped probes to 20 percent… Read More
Very Large Telescope joins Breakthrough search for Alpha Centauri’s planets One of the most powerful observing instruments on Earth, the Very Large Telescope, will join the search for potentially habitable… Read More
Shields up! Scientists tweak design of Alpha Centauri probes to minimize damage The scientists behind the Breakthrough Starshot mission are already fine-tuning the design for their nano-probes to increase the odds they’ll… Read More
Billionaire Yuri Milner unveils $100 million start on Starshot mission to Alpha Centauri Fueled by an initial $100 million from Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, a team laden with big names laid out a multi-decade… Read More
