"But in 20 or 30 years, we might." The mission hinges on two key challenges—finding a black hole close enough to target and developing probes capable of withstanding the journey.

Scientists believe the Milky Way could be home to as many as 100 million stellar-mass black holes, but much about these giant celestial phenomena remains a mystery. Now, an astronomer believes it may ...

Air And Space Harvard physicist says massive interstellar object could be alien probe on 'reconnaissance mission' Dr. Avi Loeb notes unusual glow pattern and planetary alignment of 3I/ATLAS ...

Massive interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, larger than Manhattan, shows unusual glow pattern and planetary alignment that Harvard physicist calls potentially technological.

The first interstellar mission to a black hole could be launched within 30 years - by a spacecraft no heavier than a paperclip, say scientists ...

Hubble has taken the clearest image to date of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which is racing through our solar system at ...

By Matthew Sparkes 2 July 2025 Last updated 3 July 2025 Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar object we have seen in the solar system E. Guido, M. Rocchetto, J. Ferguson ...

It sounds like science fiction: a spacecraft, no heavier than a paperclip, propelled by a laser beam and hurtling through space at the speed of light toward a black hole, on a mission to probe the ...