Sending a mission to the solar gravitational lens (SGL) is the most effective way of actually directly imaging a potentially habitable planet, as well as its atmosphere, and even possibly some of its ...

General Galactic, cofounded by a former SpaceX engineer, plans to test its water-based propellant this fall. If successful, it could help usher in a new era of space travel. That's a big “if.” ...

Plasma propulsion transforms an inert propellant – often hydrogen – into plasma, a superheated mix of ions and electrons.

NASA is preparing a technology that could redefine humanity’s future in space: a nuclear-powered rocket. According to the ...

Dr A. E. Muthunayagam, awarded the Padma Shri 2026, is a pioneering space scientist and the founding Director of ISRO’s Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre. An IISc and Purdue alumnus, he played a key ...

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index gives up gains made Wednesday after a surprise January jobs report. Astera and ...

Oftentimes, we hear the phrase "Well, it's not rocket science," but for this group of Purdue University students, it actually ...

Malina was also a pacifist and anti-fascist, a card-carrying member of the Communist party, and a painter and pioneer in the field of kinetic art – where motion, be it mechanically or naturally ...

NASA has officially started the clock on one of the most important milestones remaining before the Artemis 2 mission.

NASA's wet dress rehearsal did not go as smoothly as planned. As a result, the Artemis II launch is now no earlier than March ...

American space agency NASA says it fixed the problem that caused a hydrogen leak during the first wet dress rehearsal of the ...

Race 2 Space (R2S) is an international competition giving undergraduate students the chance to design, build, and hot-fire their own rocket engines. Since 2023, 58 teams have completed around 100 ...