Go faster, farther, more efficiently. That's the goal driving spacecraft propulsion engineers like Chen Cui, a new assistant ...

Researchers at the University of Virginia are using advanced simulations to study electron behavior in electric propulsion ...

A research team at the University of Virginia is revolutionizing the future of space travel with groundbreaking studies on ...

Electric propulsion ... high-speed plasma beam, push the spacecraft forward," explained the researchers of a new study. This technology is crucial for long-duration missions, like NASA's Artemis ...

Spacecraft from NASA and other organizations captured rich imagery of our solar system in 2024, including views of Mars, Io, the moon, and Earth.

Launched on Aug. 12, 2018, the probe is the fastest human-made object in existence. It used flybys of Venus to adjust its ...

From record launch rates, to new astronaut missions and science - 2025 promises to be a year like no other in space exploration.

Scientists have made groundbreaking progress in understanding the dazzling auroras that light up the night sky. Using NASA’s KiNET-X experiment, researchers simulated auroral conditions by releasing ...

See the year’s most striking images from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, NASA’s Mars rover and the best sky watching on offer ...

Forward-looking: Scientists ... Ad Astra Rocket Company has spent over two decades developing the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR), a highly efficient electric propulsion ...

In 1932, physicists glimpsed antimatter for the first time — a strange mirror image of regular matter with mind-bending potential. Nearly a century later, this ghostly substance could someday fuel a ...