We spoke to a genuine astrophysicist about the accuracy of Star Trek's approach to interstellar travel, the holodeck, and the ...

Created by an engineering team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and led by graduate student Fangzheng Liu and Principal Investigators Ariel Ekblaw and Joseph Paradiso, AstroAnts are ...

Science fiction and space stuff aren't that far removed from everyday things. Sounds odd? Eric Geusz, also known as Spacegooose on his social media and art platforms, proves it by using regular items ...

Virgin Galactic has laid off 185 employees, which represented about 18% of its workforce. The space-tourism company is focusing on building spaceships that can carry six passengers. It's due to open a ...

While a warp drive almost certainly isn’t a thing that will ever exist, there’s no law of physics that says interstellar travel isn’t possible. Perhaps that is one reason why the sci-fi idea isn’t out ...

Virgin Galactic just announced better-than-expected third-quarter results following its sixth successful spaceflight in as many months. The company also announced a "strategic realignment" aimed at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The Age of Disclosure,” which premiered today at SXSW, is a documentary that millions of people are going to want to see. It’s a ...

The Voyager 1 spacecraft is expected to continue its mission until about 2025. Its radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) will no longer supply enough power to operate its scientific ...