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." ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Having an early-warning system for solar flares could help us protect infrastructure and technology here on Earth as well as astronauts in space from the effects of the high-energy solar radiation.

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.

Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid ... too. She mapped our solar system's "alternate fate" had it housed an extra planet between Mars and Jupiter instead of the existing ...