A spacecraft that could reach the nearest star system in about 20 years would need to travel at a meaningful fraction of the ...

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“There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember.” That observation, attributed to American physicist Richard Feynman, captures a tension many people feel when ...

Texas A&M University researchers have demonstrated micron-scale 'metajets' that can be lifted, pushed, and steered in three dimensions using laser light alone. The technology, which embeds control ...

Engineers are developing a concept for interstellar travel using a swarm of 1,000 ultra-light "laser sails." The mission aims to send these sails to Proxima b, an exoplanet 4.25 light-years away, ...

Hibernation can vary by species. Martin says some hibernators, such as ground squirrels, rewarm—or wake up from hibernation ...

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Exploring beyond our solar system could have lasting impacts here on Earth, and scientists, creatives and industry experts gather at the University of Texas at Austin this week to ...