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Wow! 1st Interstellar Asteroid Is a Spinning Space Cigar
The interstellar asteroid that zoomed past Earth last month is like nothing we’ve seen before, new observations reveal.
Meet 'Oumuamua! The 1st Interstellar Visitor Ever Seen Gets a Name
We now know what to call the mysterious object from interstellar space that zoomed past Earth last month.
Stephen Hawking Warns: Humanity May Have Less Than 600 Years to Leave Earth
If humanity doesn't become a truly spacefaring species in the next five centuries or so, we may well go extinct, Stephen Hawking said, according to media reports.
Candidate 'Passengers' Picked for Potential 1st Interstellar Mission
Experts in interstellar travel have picked future candidates to make the first extrasolar trek. Their names: the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and tardigrades, otherwise known as water bears.
Visitor from Far, Far Away: Interstellar Object Spotted in Our Solar System
A visitor from interstellar space has apparently been spotted in our solar system for the first time ever.
Interstellar Spaceflight Conference Launches Monday
Scientists, engineers and exploration advocates will gather in central California this week to help plan out humanity's journey to the stars.
Will Mini Fusion Rockets Provide Spaceflight's Next Big Leap?
Fusion-powered rockets that are only the size of a few refrigerators could one day help propel spacecraft at high speeds to nearby planets or even other stars, a NASA-funded spaceflight company says.
Life Among the Stars? Tiny Interstellar Probes May Test 'Panspermia' Idea
Some of the first spacecraft that humanity sends to other solar systems may carry microscopic ambassadors from Earth.
