NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft.

A cone-shaped spacecraft with a rounded bottom entering a planet's atmosphere surrounded by glowing gas. NASA's Technology Transfer Program is licensing its rights to a radical new form of propulsion ...

The space agency is investing in the development of a propulsion system that uses nuclear power to create plasma bursts. Reading time 2 minutes The future of space travel depends on our ability to ...

Forty-seven years ago, Voyager 2 embarked on a journey that has expanded our understanding of the cosmos. Voyager 2 has ...

NASA has finally turned off one of Voyager 2's science instruments. Now, there's no need to worry, as Voyager 2 isn't shutting down anytime soon. However, since the probe has been barreling through ...

A team of engineers and scientists led by NASA have begun investigating the physics and performance of magnetic nozzles — innovative devices that could support development of plasma-based propulsion ...

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Plasma waves found traveling between Saturn, its rings, and its moon Enceladus have been turned into sound by NASA researchers. The waves were detected by the Cassini space probe during its final ...

NASA scientists uncovered new details about how plasma from superstorms interacts with Earth’s magnetosphere. “The surprising result of this model is that the magnetosphere’s main phase pressure is ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a video of a tornado churning on the sun. The fiery formation of boiling solar plasma grew to an estimated height of 14 Earths. It began forming on March 14, ...

President Kennedy laid down a straightforward if daunting challenge: the Moon. President George W Bush, perhaps looking for a Kennedy moment, set that challenge again. From President Barack Obama, a ...