However, there is a more technologically advanced version that several groups think might offer us the best shot at getting to Alpha Centauri—light sailing. Instead of relying on light from the ...

It’s currently flying free using only light as fuel. When photons from sunlight hit its silvery sail, they impart a small force that increases velocity without the need for an engine or thruster.

Do you know the current phase of the moon? Most of us don’t have any idea; nowadays we hardly need to know. But before there were streetlamps and electric lights everywhere, people watched the ...

Max Ebb is a regular contributor to Latitude 38 magazine, and with sidekick Lee Helm, use their pseudonyms to discuss the ...