In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective ...

This new propulsion system could rewrite the rules of spaceflight—not to mention completely defy conventional physics.

Engineers are exploring propulsion methods that could enable longer-distance travel ...

A secretive UK-based startup has just pulled back the curtain on a futuristic space propulsion project that sounds like ...

Researchers have developed scalable lightsails, ultra-thin, reflective structures that use laser-driven radiation pressure to ...

A new method for manufacturing lightsails that can reach up 20% of the speed of light is making the technology look more viable than ever.

They discuss the history, current developments, and future potential of nuclear electric and nuclear thermal propulsion systems ... can launch your own SpaceX rocket? Model rocket maker Estes ...

The Houston Rockets have one month left in the regular season, and the team is hot on the pursuit of the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference. The Rockets are winners of five straight games and ...

The Startup Pulsar Fusion is proposing a 2 Megawatt nuclear fusion orbital components for 2027. Pulsar has now proceeded to ...

Fusion-based propulsion (e.g., Daedalus) offers superior potential but awaits technological breakthroughs. Beamed power to ion drives or laser thermal rockets could work but demands advanced ...

Rocket Lab has added to its space portfolio by agreeing to purchase laser communications firm Mynaric for US$75 million ($131.2m). The Kiwi-American company has been on an acquisition drive as it ...

The latter calls for a 100 Gigawatt (GW) laser to accelerate ... the 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, a two-stage antimatter rocket would need more than 900,000 ...