Working with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), NASA is pioneering the development of tiny spacecraft made from a single silicon chip that could slash interstellar explor... Read more
Everyone needs a little light relief sometimes, including the Nobel winning economist and writer/blogger extraordinaire Paul Krugman. A few months back he reminded the world of a short paper... Read more
If starships are ever built, it will be in the far future. But that does not deter the intrepid band of scientists who are thinking about how to do it SPACE, as Douglas Adams pointed out in... Read more
The awesome 100 Year Starship (100YSS) initiative by DARPA and NASA proposes to send people to the stars by the year 2100 — a huge challenge that will require bold, visionary, out-of-the-box... Read more
“Perhaps a Star Trek experience within our lifetime is not such a remote possibility.” These are the words of Dr. Harold “Sonny” White, the Advanced Propulsion Theme... Read more
Two rival scientific teams are locked in a high-stakes race to discover other Earth-like worlds—and forever change our own. From the Chilean seaside town of La Serena, it’s a journey of 80 k... Read more