Interstellar travel
Earth could turn into flaming ball of fire, warns Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking has warned that the human race will perish on Earth after we turn it into a sizzling fireball in less than 600 years.
He declared that humans must “boldly go where no one has gone before” if we fancy continuing our species for another million years.
Humanity might have received a signal from aliens that it isn’t checking, says Harvard professor
Scientists might have found proof of alien life but misunderstood it, according to a professor at Harvard University.
Strange radio waves that have been reaching Earth might actually be leakage from a huge, light-powered ship deep in space.
TRAPPIST-1: How Long Would It Take to Fly to 7-Planet System?
The discovery of seven Earth-size planets around a nearby star, TRAPPIST-1, is certainly exciting news. But what would it take to visit one of these potentially Earth-like alien worlds?
Russian billionaire, Hawking unveil plan to reach Alpha Centauri
Billionaire Russian investor Yuri Milner and British cosmologist Stephen Hawking on April 12 announced an ambitious new space initiative for a mission to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to Earth.