A NASA-funded rocket mission is headed to space to measure the global electric circuit underlying the northern lights.

The engine has no moving parts other than ions traveling in a vacuum line, trapped inside electric and magnetic fields.

Perhaps the biggest hurdle to humankind’s expansion throughout the solar system is the prohibitive cost of escaping Earth’s gravity.

NASA engineer, David Burns, produced an engine concept that, he says, could theoretically accelerate to 99 percent of the speed of light.

When it comes to space, there's a problem with our human drive to go all the places and see all things. A big problem. It's, well, space.

How much debris is there in space? Currently, there are about 2,000 active satellites orbiting Earth, but there are also 3,000 dead ones.

A tiny piece of rural Washington state—and some of its “inhabitants”— blasted off into space from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Researchers develop a totally new type of fuel that has projected energy density greater than the most advanced heavy-duty fuels used today.

A research team from Japan has investigated the viability of using such microwave-powered propulsion for real-world applications.

Traveling to Proxima Centauri b, the closest habitable planet to Earth, would require thousands of years with even the biggest rockets.

Aerospace engineers at MIT are testing a new concept for a hovering rover that levitates by harnessing the moon’s natural charge.

A nuclear fusion company with lofty aspirations around sustainable space travel, has test-fired a rocket engine powered by plastic waste.

A NASA sounding rocket will observe a nearby star to learn how starlight affects the atmospheres of exoplanets in the hunt for life.

Researchers have developed a concept that would make rocket fuel on Mars, that could be used to launch future astronauts back to Earth.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will launch in October 2021 on a 12-year journey to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids and will include three gravity assists

Measuring a magnetic field isn't so hard if you're inside of it. Measuring a magnetic field remotely is an entirely different story.

The retrograde rockets needed to land on the moon's surface will also kick dust and rock up into the air potentially damaging the lander.

This form of propulsion starts with large solar arrays that convert sunlight into electricity, providing the power source for the spacecraft

When the Space X23 rocket launches to resupply the International Space Station, it will carry two experiments designed to sustain humans

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