Proposal for picogram-scale probes to explore nearby stars

In a forward-looking article, George Church, PhD, from Harvard University and the Wyss Institute, proposes the use of picogram to nanogram-scale probes that can land, replicate, and produce a communications module at the destination to explore nearby stars. The fascinating new article is published in a special issue on "Interstellar Objects in Astrobiology" of the peer-reviewed journal Astrobiology. Click here to read the article now.