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

The British arm of Airbus has won a 150 million pound ($194 million) contract from the European Space Agency to build the ...

NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021 to search for signs of ancient microbial life and to help scientists ...

Throughout Hollywood history, space has often been depicted with baffling inaccuracies. It takes dedication and knowledge to ensure a movie correctly portrays space and space travel, and here are a ...

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

Astrophysicist and artist Ed Belbruno explains how art helps scientists communicate their work to the public and even ...

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 ...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said on Friday that Starship is set to depart for Mars at the end of next year, carrying Tesla humanoid bot Optimus. Musk suggested in a post on X that human landings ...

Along with that, he used a capacitor multiplier circuit and diodes to boost the voltage. His dedication to building this ion thruster is truly impressive, but like previous versions, it still produces ...

Credit: X @POTUS WASHINGTON — President Trump says a human mission to Mars is of interest to him but is not a “number one” priority, amid concerns about potential sweeping budget cuts at NASA.

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The Dragon spacecraft for Crew-10 was swapped due to battery problems, and the replacement spacecraft also had thruster issues that needed to be addressed. SpaceX is reviewing data from the recent ...