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Space.com
Lasers Could Blast Astronauts to Mars, Protect Earth from Asteroids
No Breakthrough Yet: Stephen Hawking’s Interstellar ‘Starshot’ Faces Challenges
Seeker.com (Formerly Discovery News)
Going Interstellar: How Laser Tech May Help: Photos
Popular Science
Three Questions About Breakthrough Starshot
So How Exactly Do We Get To Alpha Centauri
Wired
The Far-Out Summit Where Geniuses Learn to Build Starships
Rich Dude Yuri Milner wants 100-Million-MPH, Laser Powered Satellites. Is that too much to ask?
Scientific American
$100-Million Plan Will Send Probes to the Nearest Star
Physics.org
Photonics advances allow Earth to be seen across the universe
Finding aliens may be even easier than previously thought
Science Blog
Photonics advances have major implications for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Physics Today
Breakthrough Starshot started with a bang
How lasers can shoot us to the stars
Nanotechnology Now
We’ll Leave the Lights on for You
Centauri Dreams
Interstellar Flight in Congressional Report
Space Daily
We’ll Leave the Lights on for You
The Daily Galaxy
Geek Wire
MSNW’s magnetoshell aerobraking system gets in on NASA’s way-out research fund
Aviation Week
Starshot Initiative Aimed At Interstellar ‘Nanocraft’
Tech News World
Tiny Nanocraft May Sail to Neighboring Star System
New Scientist
Billionaire pledges $100m to send spaceships to Alpha Centauri
Canadian Manufacturing
Stephen Hawking, Yuri Milner and Mark Zuckerberg are shooting for the stars
News Sources
Time
Inside the Plan to Send Tiny Probes to Explore Far-away Stars
Business Insider
Finding aliens may be even easier than previously thought
The Wall Street Journal
Yuri Milner Wants to Launch ‘Nanocrafts’ Into Deep Space With Lasers
Fox News
NASA funds interstellar flight system, 7 other wild space tech ideas
CNN
Stephen Hawking wants to send tiny space probes to the stars
Sputnik News
Mobile Phone Technology Propels Starshot’s Extraterrestrial Space Search
Pushing the Limits: New Tech to Let Us Explore the Stars Like Never Before
Amy on the Radio
Dr. Phil Lubin (Breakthrough Starshot)
Forbes
Is Stephen Hawking’s ‘StarShot’ Really Possible?
CNET
Stephen Hawking wants to send tiny lightsail spacecraft to Alpha Centauri (Tomorrow Daily 347)
Stephen Hawking wants to send tiny lightsail spacecraft to Alpha Centauri (Tomorrow Daily 347) Notes
NPR
Are We About To Send ‘Spacechips’ To The Stars
Getty Images
INTERVIEW – Phil Lubin at New Space Exploration Initiative ‘Breakthrough Starshot’ Announcement
PBS Newsroom
Stephen Hawking and billionaire plan interstella cruise with $100 million initiative
Tass
Yuri Milner & Stephen Hawking Announce Breakthrough Starshot Project
Newsroom America
Photonics Advances Have Major Implications For Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Financial Review
How to get to a nearby galaxy in less than 20 years
Wisconsin Public Radio
Scientists Announce New Initiative To Search For Alien Life
The Atlantic
The Tech From a New Interstellar Mission Could Help Us Find E.T.
Value Walk
Space-Loving Billionaire Yuri Milner Announces $100M ‘Starshot’ Initiative
edhat Santa Barbara
We’ll Leave the Lights On For You
KCBX
Research by Cal Poly and UCSB professors part of plan to visit neighboring solar system