Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical ...

"We are the first mission to be able to track space weather events in three dimensions routinely across the solar system." ...

The enormous visitor to our solar system may have been about 8 times the mass of Jupiter, and come nearly as close to the sun ...

In 2023, the European Space Agency reported on Solar Orbiter's discovery of tiny jets near the sun's south pole that could be powering the solar wind. The team behind this research has now used even ...

NASA's NIAC program is investing in visionary ideas that could revolutionize space exploration. From fusion-powered ...

15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System ... planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks ...

Using technology originally developed for NASA’s upcoming lunar space station, the space agency has miniaturized its ...

When you first learned about the Solar System, you probably saw diagrams that made it look orderly, with planets arranged in ...

The PULSAR research project, led by Belgian engineering firm Tractebel, has unveiled the conceptual design of a plutonium-238 ...

The AEPS is a solar electric propulsion system that uses xenon as its propellant, much like existing ion engines ... propulsion method for large deep space and cargo missions.