Interstellar

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Who is the mysterious woman in the Doctor’s ‘The Interstellar Song Contest’ visions?

Just in time for the real-life Eurovision Song Contest, the TARDIS takes a detour to the 2925 version of the…

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NASA resurrects Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft’s thrusters after 20 years: ‘These thrusters were considered dead’

NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe’s backup thrusters — components that hadn’t been used since 2004…

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SCIENCE

Incredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space

A distant galaxy is home to a ravenous supermassive black hole that appears to be playing with its food in…

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NASA switches off Voyager instruments to extend life of the two interstellar spacecraft: ‘Every day could be our last.’

NASA engineers are turning off two instruments to ensure that the twin spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, can continue…

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CELEBRITY

‘Doctor Who’ Season 2 Trailer Features Interstellar Song Contest

A new companion has entered the TARDIS as Doctor Who returns for Season 2. In the first trailer for the…

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SCIENCE

From interstellar dust to life beyond Earth: Why scientists can’t wait for NASA’s new SPHEREx space telescope

A modest NASA space telescope with grand ambitions is scheduled to soon launch into an orbit around Earth. The megaphone-shaped…

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SCIENCE

1 million ‘interstellar objects’ — each larger than the Statue of Liberty — may lurk in the outer solar system

More than 1 million “interstellar objects” the size of the Statue of Liberty could be drifting unseen in the outer…

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SCIENCE

Tiny spacecraft could travel across interstellar space with this ‘trampoline’ lightsail

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have taken a major step toward developing lightsails that could one day carry…

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SCIENCE

These interstellar spaceship designs are wildly impractical

While researching Starbound, my new book on the realities of interstellar travel, I was often surprised by the bizarre, over-the-top…

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SCIENCE

An interstellar visitor may have changed the course of 4 solar system planets, study suggests

A planet-size object that possibly once visited the solar system may have permanently changed our cosmic neighborhood by warping the…

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