Marchis likens it to a cosmic internet. A third possibility involves propulsion. “Maybe they are sending spacecraft using these powerful lasers,” Marchis said. “You can imagine a spacecraft ...

Technicians with ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus installed the four solar array wings on NASA's Orion spacecraft for Artemis II on March 3. The solar array wings, attached to the service ...

The emergence of satellite mega-constellations, such as SpaceX's Starlink and Amazon's Project Kuiper, has opened demand for electric propulsion technologies in the form of ion thrusters and Hall ...

Pratt & Whitney and MTU commit to an advanced GTF architecture for a next-generation engine, but it will be without the complex WET cycle. Credit: Pratt & Whitney As the aerospace industry ...

Ion channels are integral membrane protein assemblies that modulate the flow of ions into and out of a cell or organelle, leading to generation of electrical signals. Opening (gating) of ion ...