A spacecraft that never runs out of fuel sounds like science fiction, but a team at Texas A&M University has taken a small, literal step toward that goal. In experiments conducted at the university’s ...

Alpha Centauri sits more than four light-years away, close enough to fascinate generations of dreamers and far enough to make today’s rockets look painfully limited. At current speeds, a trip there ...

If an alien in the Alpha Centauri star system were craving pizza, it would take tens of thousands of years to deliver it using today’s rocket technology. According to a press release, researchers at ...

Humanity’s desire to explore deep space continues to inspire new ways to reach places far from home. Using conventional rocket propulsion, traveling to our nearest stellar neighbor, Alpha Centauri, ...

Reaching the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, would take hundreds of thousands of years using current rocket propulsion technology. Researchers in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical ...

Interstellar travel propelled by light just got one step closer. Light sails, which are huge sheets pushed along by light that bounces off of them, may be the best way to travel enormous distances ...

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