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." ...

The Space Plasma Group at the University of Colorado studies the nonlinear evolution of space and laboratory plasmas driven by electric currents and beams of energetic particles. Recent investigations ...

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 ...

Scientists at Rosatom have unveiled a plasma electric rocket engine that is claimed to be capable of propelling spacecraft to ...

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 Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, recently developed a new spacecraft engine with impressive specifications.

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