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NASA Is Planning to Find Aliens Using Spacetime Warped Around the Sun
A solar gravitational lens (SLG) mission "offers capabilities that are unmatched" for detecting extraterrestrial life, according to a study.
NASA's Plan to Turn the Moon Into a Telescope Looks Like the Death Star
A newly funded concept envisions a kilometer-wide radio telescope built inside a crater on the far side of the Moon. Whoa.
NASA-Funded Solar Sail Uses Metamaterials to Generate More Power
The Advanced Diffractive MetaFilm Sailcraft could squeeze more energy out of light than traditional reflective sails.
The Telescopes of the Future Might Assemble Themselves in Space
The scientist behind the Modular Active Self-Assembling Space Telescope Swarm wants to make space telescopes less risky and more productive.
NASA's Newest Interstellar Concepts Rely on Huge Laser Arrays and Gravity Surfing
Interstellar travel is evolving into a legitimate engineering challenge, rather than an idealistic pipe dream.
NASA Is Investing in Growable Habitats and Sleep Chambers
These technologies will help us on the Journey to Mars and beyond.
Squid Rovers and Stratospheric Gliders: NASA’s Latest Out-There Concepts
The space agency has selected its 2015 Innovative Advanced Concepts awardees, and there are some cool-sounding bots among them.
Rainbow Cloud of Space Glitter and Lasers Could Image Alien Worlds
Orbiting Rainbows proposes replacing giant mirrored telescopes with clouds of reflective dust.