Interstellar travel could be possible, scientists say, but not in the way you might think. For decades, science fiction stories have proposed the idea of traveling outside of our known galaxy. This ...

A cluster of recent theoretical papers has laid out mathematical frameworks for propelling spacecraft at speeds ranging from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Interstellar travel has long been a dream, but getting to the stars is incredibly difficult. A new project is bringing the space ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AUSTIN (KXAN) — Exploring beyond our solar system could have lasting impacts here on Earth, and scientists, creatives and industry ...

Is space so deadly that we’re effectively imprisoned in our solar system forever? Space is pretty deadly. But is it so deadly that we’re effectively imprisoned in our solar system forever? Many have ...

In the 1960s, American physicist Robert W. Bussard proposed a radical idea for interstellar travel: a spacecraft that relied on powerful magnetic fields to harvest hydrogen directly from the ...

If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. That project has come to fruition thanks to Les Johnson, head of that ...

While a warp drive almost certainly isn’t a thing that will ever exist, there’s no law of physics that says interstellar travel isn’t possible. Perhaps that is one reason why the sci-fi idea isn’t out ...

Powered by laser light, this tiny sail lays the groundwork for future advances in lightsail technology and the potential for interstellar propulsion. Reading time 3 minutes A team of researchers at ...

It takes a bold person to declare that interstellar travel is now within our grasp. Physicist Stephen Hawking has shown that he is just that, taking part in the Breakthrough Starshot initiative. The ...

Engineers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory are prototyping a previously theoretical rocket design that could someday take spacecraft to interstellar space. Their plan? Use ...