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Interstellar Travel: The Space Age and Nuclear Rockets


Given the state of our technology, it would take a spacecraft a ridiculously long time to reach even the nearest star in our galaxy. However, scientists continue to ponder ways in which we could achieve the dream of interstellar spaceflight. Here are a few of their best ideas.

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The Plan to Send Tiny Probes to the Stars | A cadre of researchers are now working to make interstellar travel a reality, at least to our nearest neighbors. They are coalescing around an approach that could lead to closeup images of a star and an exoplanet just 25 years after mission launch.