There are huge, invisible structures in the ionosphere that are high above the surface of the Earth. These structures are ...

On Sept. 26, engineers issued the command to turn off the plasma science instrument. Sent by NASA's Deep Space Network, it took 19 hours to reach Voyager 2, and the return signal took another 19 ...

The "wall of plasma" feature matches a single-wavelength view of solar flares observed by NASA as part of its SDO data from May 20, 2024, which Frazier sent in a screenshot below: (Courtesy of ...

The plasma experiment had been gathering limited data. NASA expects the Voyager 2 spacecraft will continue operating with other experiments into the 2030s.

The pulsed plasma rocket, however, is smaller, simpler, and more affordable, according to NASA. The space agency claims that the propulsion system’s high efficiency could allow for crewed ...

About 160 CubeSats have been launched in the NASA program over the years, many deployed from the International Space Station (ISS). Delaware’s mission — the Delaware Atmospheric Plasma Probe ...

Because of this inevitability, NASA decided it was time to scale back operations on Voyager 2 by shutting down its plasma science instrument. Doing so, however, took much longer than it does to ...

As I noted above, the Voyager 2 mission won’t be shuttered anytime soon. Despite NASA turning off the plasma science instrument, the probe still has four other operational instruments aboard it.

NASA video shows 2 galaxies forming 'blood-soaked eyes' figure in space The pair of galaxies are named IC 2163 and HGC 2207 and are about 80 million light-years away from Earth. Fernando Cervantes Jr.

If you drill down to Dr. Howe's site for details on Howe Industries' PPR concept, and NASA's May 1 rendition ("Pulsed Plasma Rocket (PPR): Shielded, Fast Transits for Humans to Mars" Loura Hall ...

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 ...