From plasma engines that could turn months of travel into weeks to the first blueprints for ships that will outlive their ...
A stunning image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveals a vibrant, segmented plasma halo, a 'luminous plasma blaze' that left Avi Loeb speechless.
A newborn star 15,000 light-years from Earth is fascinating astronomers with its dual blasts of superheated plasma jets. The ...
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In this video I show you how to generate a plasma, and talk about why the noble gasses can be turned into plasma so easily, ...
The launch also carried eight CubeSats into space, including OrigamiSat-2. The 3U craft carries what JAXA describes as 10 cm ...
Highly energized gas loses electrons, forming plasma, the fourth state of matter. While we associate plasmas with heat, icy particles can coexist with them, as seen in Webb images of molecular clouds.
From an interstellar comet to breathtaking auroras and from brand-new rockets to iconic space telescopes, here are some of our favorite images from the cosmos in 2025 ...
There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope ...
In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while ...
Accurate, real-time monitoring of ionospheric dynamics is essential for understanding space weather and protecting satellite-based navigation and communication systems.
The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has been awarded two prestigious Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council (ERC), one of the ...
Comets are not the only celestial bodies with tails. Earth and Mercury also possess them, formed by different mechanisms.