In this fascinating tutorial, learn how to make a solenoid engine at home with simple materials and tools. We'll guide you through each step, explaining the science behind solenoid engines and how ...

"As global warming threatens the future of military and commercial aviation, a Chinese team of researchers with a vision to end fossil fuel dependence is making a big splash in the engineering ...

A laboratory in Troitsk, Russia, may have just nudged humanity closer to interplanetary commuting. Scientists at Rosatom, the country's state nuclear corporation, have revealed a working prototype of ...

At one point, VASIMR actually was supposed to be installed on the ISS for station keeping. It would have significantly reduced the amount of propellant needed to be sent up for that purpose, while at ...

Welcome to Edition 8.14 of the Rocket Report! We’re now more than a week into a federal government shutdown, but there’s been little effect on the space industry. Military space operations are ...

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Researchers in Japan may have found a way to tackle one of space exploration's most pressing problems — orbital debris. The neat part is that they won't even need to physically touch it. Engineers at ...

We’ve reached a point where electrification is actually everywhere in automotive. People talked about it for a long time, insisting that our commuters and our go-fast performance cars alike would be ...

With 14,000 pieces of space junk floating in LEO, scientists need a safe, reliable, and affordable way to do some clean up—maybe plasma thrusters can help.

A new propulsion system developed by a researcher at Tohoku University, Japan, could provide a non-contact method for cleaning up Earth’s orbit. This technology offers a solution to the continuous ...

Researchers from the University of Washington placed fiber-optic cables on the ocean floor near a Greenland glacier and found that collapsing ice creates giant underwater waves, which accelerate ...