The Sun periodically ejects huge bubbles of plasma from its surface that contain an intense magnetic field. These events are ...

"We were very surprised to see that the same tiny plasma jets appear to be driving both the fast and the slow solar wind." ...

Engineers developed an engine prototype which could reach unprecedented speeds, cutting down interplanetary travel time.

A prototype electric plasma rocket engine capable of significantly increasing thrust and efficiency has been unveiled by ...

The new approach called the Water-based Electric Thrusters (WET) aims to develop a method of converting water into plasma, a superheated state of matter, to generate thrust. “Ho ...

Russia's state-owned Rosatom announced a prototype plasma engine which could speed up travel to other planets.

Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, recently developed a new spacecraft engine with impressive specifications.

Egor Biriulin, who works at Rosatom’s scientific institute in Troitsk, explained to a Russian newspaper per Gizmodo that this engine can speed up particles to an incredible 100 kilometers per second.

The development of the engine is expected to make interplanetary trips much faster and expand humanity's access to worlds ...