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The Breakthrough Starshot is an effort backed by US$100 million from Russian investor Yuri Milner to vastly accelerate research and development of an

Or maybe space super-tankers are more your style.

Nuclear fusion has broad implications, fueling hopes of clean, limitless energy and the long-held dream of future rockets that are driven by nuclear propulsion.

Launching an interstellar probe sounds exceedingly lofty, ambitious, and tough to do. But theres no need to wait for new technology, say advocates.

Kerbal Space Program 2 has been delayed once again and will now launch on PC in early 2023 with the console versions following later.

Intercept Games and Private Division have released a new developer video for Kerbal Space Program 2 today, and the core subject is interstellar travel.

We have a treat for you this week: Starts With A Bang gets to host this week's Carnival of Space! We take the best space and astronomy posts from around the internet and pull them together in one great extravaganza! I've gotten to host twice before, and this is a very special edition for astronomers. Why, you ask?

  Another amazing week on Planet Earth, with news stories ranging from quantum computers are revealing an unexpected new theory of reality to James Benford’s search for extraterrestrial artifacts to the 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus rex that lived during the species 2.4 million years of existence on Earth. Quantum computers are revealing an unexpected new theory of reality–A powerful new idea about how the laws of physics work could bring breakthroughs on everything from quantum gravity to con...

The Wow! signal owes its name to the exclamation written on a paper printout from Ohio State’s Big Ear Radio Telescope in1972 that was evidence of a strange 72-second signal that stunned astronomer Jerry Ehman, and its lasting fame to the fact that it’s never been explained and never been picked up again. A recent paper claimed to have traced the signal to the star 2MASS 19281982-2640123 in the Sagittarius constellation 1800 light-years from Earth, but it’s still a theory. Now, another as...