There are huge, invisible structures in the ionosphere that are high above the surface of the Earth. These structures are ...

Voyager 1 and 2 have traveled farther than any human-made object—well beyond the planets and into interstellar space. But ...

The study went on to note that a cause for the pulse could have been that it was struck by a small piece of space rock, known ...

OverviewThe Space Plasma Group at the University of Colorado studies the nonlinear evolution of space and laboratory plasmas driven by electric currents and beams of energetic particles. Recent ...

What you’re looking at is a slice of the roiling, chaotic stuff between stars—the magnetised dust and gases that make up the ...

A long-dead experimental Nasa satellite suddenly emitted a powerful energy blast recently, leaving scientists perplexed.

Space plasma physics examines the behaviour of ionised gases in planetary and astrophysical environments where electromagnetic forces dominate over collisional interactions.

Observation of plasma phase-space distribution is an important theme not only in fusion plasmas but also in plasma research on celestial bodies, the sun, and auroras, ...

A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting how astronomers understood the mysterious world.

A UK-built spacecraft engine that runs on metal is preparing for its first test in space, in a mission that could pave the ...

Oleg Batishchev designed the light, cheap Mini-Helicon Plasma Thruster for deep space travel. The engine relies simply on the acceleration of plasma, a gaseous cloud in which atoms have been stripp ...

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses through precise and fancy formation flying.