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Tiny spaceships could be accelerated by lasers so that they reach the nearest star in 20 years. That's the theory. Now it's ...

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An open letter to any friendly aliens who are considering making first contact with Earth soon: If I've learned anything from ...

The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound like the stuff of sci-fi novels. But in fact, a program started in 2016 by Stephen Hawking and ...

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Scientists are developing miniature lightsails that could travel at unprecedented speeds, potentially enabling interstellar ...

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This wide-field view of the sky around the bright star system Alpha Centauri was created from photographic images forming ...

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