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Miniature spaceships the size of cellphones could fly across the solar system using sails propelled by lasers, which would allow the tiny spacecraft to reach much faster speeds — and, potentially, much more distant destinations — than conventionally powered rockets, a new study finds. Current spacecraft usually take years to make trips within the solar … Read more
What are the greatest spaceships of science fiction? So many discussions of ships in science fiction movies and tv fall into the same tired debates. Who goes faster, the Star Wars’s Millennium Falcon or Star Trek’s the USS Enterprise? How big of a planet would the Death Star blow up — and how much would … Read more
They might be the tools of the bad guys, but you have to admit the spaceships and vehicles of Avatar look awesome. Despite the daily “who cares about Avatar” posts on social media that have been a thing for roughly a decade now, James Cameron’s big original sci-fi universe is alive and kicking, with Avatar … Read more
Prepare for liftoff with a host of out-of-this-world Lego space deals. The brick-building toymaker has a huge range of space toys and sets out there, so we’ve searched the internet for the very best Lego space deals and put them in this handy guide, so you don’t have to. The Lego Space sets featuring in … Read more