This is the Chrysalis Project, an award-winning design for a hypothetical starship that could carry up to 2,400 people to Alpha Centauri—our closest stellar neighbor. The ultimate goal would be to ...

In the past decade, astronomers have witnessed three interstellar objects (ISOs) passing through the solar system. These ...

Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the comet poses no danger to Earth and will remain roughly 150 million miles away as it speeds by, according to NASA. The interstellar comet was first spotted Tuesday by the ...

A marathon runner himself, Cosimo Bambi likens the quest for interstellar travel to a long-distance race, saying his proposal ...

Describing optical and near-infrared spectroscopy performed on 3I/ATLAS, the research reveals that: "3I/ATLAS is an active interstellar comet containing abundant water ice, with a dust composition ...

A visitor from beyond the stars has caught NASA’s eye. The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, observed between 7 and 15 August, is offering astronomers a rare chance to study material from outside our solar ...

Just as it was the first to spot the comet, Rubin will also be the first to lose sight of it. On August 22, 3I/ATLAS will shift out of the area in the sky currently being watched by the observatory.