This is the challenge posed by the Project Hyperion Design Competition ... designing a hypothetical generation ship for interstellar journeys that would sustain humanity on a 250-year voyage.

"Chemical rockets that we use today, even with the extra speed boost from flying by planets, or from swinging by the sun for a boost, just don't have the ability to scale to useful interstellar speeds ...

"Beaming power to the ship has long been ... the sparse density of the interstellar medium and immense energy and fusion requirements. Laser sails, though simpler in design, struggle with ...

"The Martian" is one of the finest sci-fi films of the 2010s. Here are nearly a dozen more movies that feature the same combo ...

Jonathan Levin, Josh Luxenberg and Joshua William Gelb’s slapstick science-fiction adventure, in which Gelb plays a space traveler whose ship gets hit by interstellar detritus, caught our critic ...

But it’s more of a crossover in design as it’s not rugged-looking ... Original, Classic, Interstellar and Explore. And they really help reconnect you to the car instead of speeding up and ...

The second ship was more nautical - an interstellar catamaran complete with solar sail ... you can spend that time quite happily coming up with your own building projects. Design a torus-shaped ...

A scientific discovery that could transform the study of warp drive is now under wraps at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research ...

Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, and others, was re-released in Indian theatres yesterday. On social media, it was visible that the film had been hyped ...

Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar was so popular it was re-released in theaters for its 10th anniversary and shot to Netflix's top 10 when it was added to the streamer in January 2025.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has caught yet another visual spectacle, depicting layers of interstellar material illuminated by a supernova in a phenomenon known as a thermal light echo.