Go faster, farther, more efficiently. That's the goal driving spacecraft propulsion engineers like Chen Cui, a new assistant ...

A research team at the University of Virginia is revolutionizing the future of space travel with groundbreaking studies on ...

Researchers at the University of Virginia are using advanced simulations to study electron behavior in electric propulsion ...

NASA's nuclear propulsion breakthrough promises Mars trips in 45 days. Combining nuclear and plasma systems boosts efficiency ...

The spacecraft survived scorching temperatures at a record proximity, and is expected to send details of its close call in ...

Scientists have made groundbreaking progress in understanding the dazzling auroras that light up the night sky. Using NASA’s KiNET-X experiment, researchers simulated auroral conditions by releasing ...

New analysis techniques developed at NASA's Ames Research Center in California helped researchers see four long plumes of plasma emanating from the galaxy. Most galaxies don't have plumes ...

cutting through plumes of plasma while circling it on Tuesday morning, the space agency said in a statement. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe “is in good health and operating normally” ahead of its ...

In 2022, the probe flew into "one of the most powerful coronal mass ejections (CMEs) ever recorded," NASA explained. A CME is the eruption of a mass of super hot gas (plasma) into space.

the spacecraft has mapped the plasma streams and fields in the domain between the sun and Earth. Conversations about NASA often focus on the bad: swollen budgets, ever-lengthening delays.