Quantum physics is quietly rewriting the rulebook for how far and how fast humanity might travel beyond Earth. A cluster of ...
In the iconic opening sequence of the 1960s TV show "Star Trek," the viewer has this feeling of drifting through space, plunging through a field of stars. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "STAR TREK") WILLIAM ...
For millennia, the way we found our way home has been using the stars. The tech we have sent towards those stars also uses the position of distant shining dots to find their orientation and not lose ...