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The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence would rank alongside fire and writing in the story of our species, ...

U.K. start-up Pulsar Fusion has unveiled plans to build a fleet of reusable nuclear fusion-powered rockets, known as Sunbirds, that could cut journey times across the solar system in half. But not ...