Over 14,000 pieces of junk are clogging up low Earth orbit, but this number could be reduced by a new invention that involves ...

The sun has become increasingly active since 2008, a new NASA study shows. Solar activity is known to fluctuate in cycles of 11 years, but there are longer-term variations that can last decades. Case ...

NASA has responded to speculation that mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is actually an alien starship preparing to invade Earth.

The Cygnus XL spacecraft looks a lot like Northrop's previous missions to the station. It has a service module manufactured at the company's factory in Northern Virginia. This segment of the ...

This mission will showcase the capabilities of Astranis and Impulse to rapidly deploy satellites to geostationary orbit without the use of a Heavy-class rocket, a mission profile appealing to ...

Busek Co., a leading manufacturer of high-performance electric propulsion technology for spaceflight, and Maxar Space Systems ...

Scientists have developed a new form of nuclear propulsion that they claim could slash mission times to Mars and enable ...

For decades, space agencies have been seeking effective ways to shorten the long and perilous journey to Mars. The new nuclear propulsion concept, CNTR, developed by researchers at Ohio State ...

In a groundbreaking development, Ohio State University has unveiled a new concept for nuclear thermal propulsion that could ...

Rocket Lab posted strong Q2 growth with rising margins, a $1B backlog, and solid liquidity to support Neutron and NSSL ...

NASA's X-59 experimental quiet supersonic jet is to make the first flight, with safety informing every step from taxiing down the runway to landing. The first tests will be a closed low-altitude loop ...

How do you control a nuclear space propulsion system? Very carefully. To help with this, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...