Space has a trash problem, with defunct satellites, rockets, and smaller broken bits orbiting Earth at high speeds. The ...

Defunct satellites, old rocket parts, and thousands of fragments from past missions are rapidly filling Earth's orbit ...

Just like litter is a big problem on Earth, space junk is cluttering up outer space. To dispose of this junk, a researcher ...

Could a spaceship actually travel to Saturn during the time it takes to earn a master’s degree? Scientists at the Princeton ...

Space Marine 2 has just turned one year old today! To mark this occasion., Saber Interactive has released the Space Marine 2 ...

Distortion of the plasma phase-space distribution can occur in high-temperature plasmas and is believed to have a significant impact on plasma performance.

Caltech experiments uncovered a stable double helix state in plasma flux ropes. The same principles explain cosmic structures ...

Q: What is space plasma, and why is it important to study? Maruca: Most of the universe is made of plasma — gas so energized that its atoms get stripped of electrons. Earth’s ionosphere is one of the ...

Plasma thrusters have been used in space exploration for decades now and are a reliable way to generate high exhaust speeds when compared to chemical fuel. Electric and magnetic fields can be used ...

"The James Webb Space Telescope has given us some infrared images of the aurora, but Juno is the first spacecraft in a polar orbit around Jupiter," Ali Sulaiman, an assistant professor of physics and ...

The Voyager spacecraft, launched in the 1970s, has turned off its plasma science instrument to save power for exploring interstellar space.

SwRI staff prepare the Solar Wind Plasma Sensor (SWiPS) for integration into a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite dedicated to tracking space weather. SWiPS will ...