News Summary

• A ship relying on conventional propulsion methods would take thousands of years.
• While theoretical methods exist that could shorten transits to a few decades, they would be very expensive to build and require tremendous amounts of propellant.
• Among them are the warp drive, wormhole travel, and using black holes to achieve velocities approaching the speed of light.
• To date, scientists have confirmed the existence of 6,354 exoplanets in 4,756 star systems.
• That number has increased since this series began on July 31st!