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
Proxima’s progress: Why it’ll take years to learn what closest exoplanet is really like University of Washington astronomer Rory Barnes says Proxima Centauri b is the biggest discovery in 20 years for planet hunters like… 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
Abort, retry, fail? Astronaut pokes fun at Windows XP during space training in Russia Moscow, we have a problem: Russia’s cosmonaut training center in Star City might need to upgrade its Soyuz spacecraft simulators… Read More
