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2 September 2026

Nonprofit launches spacecraft toward nearest star by 2029

First reported

CNET and MIT Technology Review ran this on , a day before the next source picked it up.

  • Fermi Explorer Mission plans to send a one-kilogram spacecraft to Alpha Centauri, 4.4 light-years away, arriving in roughly 80,000 years.
  • An AI system called Get Physics Done, developed by physics research lab PSI, discovered a novel orbital path that uses the sun's gravity to reduce fuel needs.

How it was covered

The Algorithm

Reported by MIT Technology Review, CNET