A spectacular design for a space elevator, with the goal of efficiently transporting passengers into outer space, has been awarded a $11,000 prize. As the BBC reports, British architect Jordan William ...

Imagine stepping into an elevator and instead of going to the fourth floor you find yourself in outer space. A Virginia Tech engineering science and mechanics senior design team is working on ...

Space Elevator is an intriguing website that lets you make a myriad of discoveries as you travel up from Earth’s surface. Built by creative coder Neal Agarwal, the Space Elevator has a gorgeous, fun ...

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Humanity's quest to explore—and, perhaps eventually, colonize—outer space has prompted a great many ideas about how precisely to go about it. While conventional wisdom suggests that space launch via ...

Tie a rock to the end of a piece of ribbon, then spin it over your head. It will be pulled taut as the rock circles about. Now, imagine a ribbon 62,000 miles long, anchored near the equator with a ...

A new international report lays out the challenges to building Earth's next great mega-project -- and they're more surmountable than you think. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

We might not currently have any technology that would make a space elevator viable on Earth. But that doesn't mean they wouldn't work on other bodies around the solar system. One of the most ...

The space elevator has been called a “stairway to the heavens,” but making one work comes with massive engineering challenges. In this video, I dive into the details - from counterweights to tethers ...