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‘Oumuamua, oh my! Was interstellar object actually an alien solar sail? Not so fast

by Alan Boyle on November 6, 2018November 6, 2018 at 3:09 pmComment

‘Oumuamua is long gone from the inner solar system, but the mystery surrounding the interstellar interloper has been rekindled, thanks to a research paper written by two Harvard astronomers. The… Read More

Oliver Morton and Yuri Milner
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Billionaire Yuri Milner discusses his plan to look for life on Saturn moon – and his Russian connections

by Alan Boyle on November 9, 2017November 10, 2017 at 10:11 am 2 Comments

Russian billionaire Yuri Milner today laid out his vision to send the first privately funded interplanetary space mission to look for life at the Saturnian moon Enceladus — but first he… Read More

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Newfound dust belts suggest that Proxima Centauri has more than one alien planet

by Alan Boyle on November 3, 2017November 2, 2017 at 9:14 pm1 Comment

Astronomers created a stir last year when they reported that the closest star beyond our own solar system harbors a potentially habitable planet, but now fresh evidence hints that there… Read More

Yuri Milner with Sprite
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Breakthrough Starshot tests smallest space probes for interstellar mission

by Alan Boyle on July 26, 2017July 26, 2017 at 2:00 pmComment

Breakthrough Starshot says it’s been testing prototype interstellar spacecraft no bigger than postage stamps in orbit for the past month, and they seem to be working just fine. Six of… Read More

Stephen Hawking
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Stephen Hawking lays out plan for settling space, from moon and Mars to the stars

by Alan Boyle on June 22, 2017June 23, 2017 at 9:00 am1 Comment

British physicist Stephen Hawking has repeatedly warned us that we have just a century or two to move off Earth, and he just shared his vision for how to do… Read More

Starshot mission

How do you stop a speeding starship?

by Alan Boyle on February 1, 2017February 1, 2017 at 1:59 pmComment

Millions of dollars are being spent on a scheme to speed up swarms of tiny sail-equipped probes to 20 percent of the speed of light and send them past Alpha… Read More

Very Large Telescope joins Breakthrough search for Alpha Centauri’s planets

by Alan Boyle on January 9, 2017January 9, 2017 at 3:44 pmComment

One of the most powerful observing instruments on Earth, the Very Large Telescope, will join the search for potentially habitable planets around the Alpha Centauri star system. The survey will… Read More

Breakthrough Starshot

Shields up! Scientists tweak design of Alpha Centauri probes to minimize damage

by Alan Boyle on August 27, 2016August 27, 2016 at 1:34 pm 3 Comments

The scientists behind the Breakthrough Starshot mission are already fine-tuning the design for their nano-probes to increase the odds they’ll survive the trip to Proxima Centauri b. In a paper… Read More

Light sail

Billionaire Yuri Milner unveils $100 million start on Starshot mission to Alpha Centauri

by Alan Boyle on April 12, 2016April 12, 2016 at 11:59 amComment

Fueled by an initial $100 million from Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, a team laden with big names laid out a multi-decade plan to send flurries of smartphone-sized probes to the Alpha… Read More

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