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"Chemical rockets that we use today, even with the extra speed boost from flying by planets, or from swinging by the sun for ...

The enormous visitor to our solar system may have been about 8 times the mass of Jupiter, and come nearly as close to the sun ...

Scientists suggest an interstellar visitor may have altered planetary orbits in our Solar System, reshaping trajectories of ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

Scientists propose using relativistic electron beams to propel spacecraft, offering a new hope for interstellar travel within ...

A new study claims it is possible an "alien visitor" could have warped our solar system during its earliest years.

Project Hyperion Design Competition: envisioning interstellar generation ships for humanity's future in space and sustainable ...

The research, yet to be peer-reviewed, sheds light on what could have changed the orbits of several planets in the solar ...

Study reveals an interstellar object's impact on planetary orbits, reshaping solar system dynamics. Discover how simulations ...

Theorbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune may have been altered by the fly-by of an enormous object from deep space, billions of years ago. According to a pre-print research paper, which is ...