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

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 ...

Solar Orbiter has identified the Sun’s dual “engines” for superfast electrons: explosive flares and sweeping coronal mass ...

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

New developments in nuclear thermal propulsion technologies may soon enable advanced space missions to the farthest reaches of the solar system.

Instead of using solid fuel elements, this innovative design uses liquid uranium fuel to heat the rocket propellant directly.

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

The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter mission has traced floods of energetic electrons hurled out by the Sun back to ...

VIPs cut the ribbon at Portal Space Systems’ HQ in Bothell, Wash. From left: U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene; Portal co-founders Prashaanth Ravindran, Jeff Thornburg and Ian Vorbach; and Bothell Mayor Mason ...

Scientists at the European Space Agency used a laser to communicate with a spacecraft 165 million miles (265 million kilometers) away in deep space for the first time, marking a major step forward in ...