A 36-mile-long starship designed to carry 1,000 humans on a one-way trip to the nearest known exoplanet has won a major interstellar design competition, raising hard questions about what it would ...
China’s first rocket recovery ship, Xingji Guihang (“Interstellar Return”), sails during its Aug. 5, 2025 launch ceremony in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province. Credit: iSpace HELSINKI — Chinese launch ...
An interstellar object named 3I/ATLAS, confirmed to be a comet, is passing through Earth's solar system. The comet poses no threat to Earth and will make its closest approach to our planet on Dec. 19.