Helicon plasma propulsion represents a promising and multifaceted approach in the domain of electric space propulsion. At its core, the technology utilises helicon waves to generate high-density ...

How fast can a galaxy build ordered magnetic fields spanning thousands of light-years? Existing theories say several billion ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of scientists has made a major breakthrough in fusion energy research that could bring us a step closer to limitless energy ...

Scientists have developed a new approach to fusion plasma control inspired by the Japanese art of kintsugi. The approach involves tailoring magnetic field imperfections to improve plasma stability ...

Spacecraft reentry environments lead to high magnetic Reynolds numbers, resulting in complex dynamics for magnetic flow ...

Southwest Research Institute has delivered a plasma spectrometer for integration into a lunar lander as part of NASA’s Lunar Vertex investigation, scheduled to commence next year. The target site is ...

Thea Energy has new simpler, cheaper, faster approaches to nuclear fusion. They have many design and engineering innovations using Stellarators. THEA Energy fixes the main weakness of Stellarators, ...

Google’s AI powerhouse DeepMind has made news again by using artificial intelligence (AI) to help shape the sun-hot plasma stream contained in a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor. The DeepMind team has ...

The SwRI-led MAPS instrument will study mysterious swirls on the Moon’s surface thought to be associated with localized lunar magnetic fields. Southwest Research Institute has delivered a plasma ...