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 ...
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 ...
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NASA sacrifices plasma instrument at 12 billion miles to let Voyager 2 live longer
Forty-seven years ago, Voyager 2 embarked on a journey that has expanded our understanding of the cosmos. Voyager 2 has ...
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NASA’s Voyager spacecraft hit a blazing 50,000 kelvin wall at the edge of our solar system that shouldn’t exist
Two of NASA’s longest-running space missions, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, have detected a searing-hot region of space where the ...
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 ...
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The NASA team ...
NASA aims to send astronauts to Mars by the 2030s. But with current technology, the journey will be years long. That's why NASA invested in a new type of rocket that could shorten the trip to just 2 ...
NASA video shows a giant churning tornado on the sun as tall as 14 Earths, hurling plasma into space
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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