We’ve wanted to visit other star systems for decades. There’s just one problem: they’re so far away that even the closest one would take tens of thousands of years to reach using conventional spaceflight. Physicists, on the other hand, are … Read More
Interstellar travel may not be lightyears away. Breakthrough Starshot, an international research project, recently provided an update on its plans to send a probe to Alpha Centauri, our nearest neighboring star system. Before that, it will have to develop and … Read More
Scientists have made significant progress toward developing a future aircraft powered by an ion drive rather than moving parts and fuel like conventional aircraft. A team, led by Steven Barrett of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), described in a … Read More