Traveling to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, is far beyond the reach of today’s rockets. With current technology, ...

Using even the most advanced rocket propulsion technologies available today, it would take billions ...

A laser hit the tiny black cube, and it lurched forward almost at once. That split-second jump, caught during a zero-gravity ...

Renishaw, highlighted the use of its Additive Manufacturing technology in the development of a hypersonic aerospace ...

Adding iron to a copper-based propellant MOF simultaneously solves its water stability problem and boosts laser propulsion efficiency, breaking a trade-off once thought inherent. (Nanowerk Spotlight) ...

A breakthrough in laser propeller efficiency by Chinese scientists could transform underwater watercraft propulsion. SCMP reported that the experts have improved laser propeller efficiency, which ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists and engineers are diligently working on innovative concepts to make the next era of human spaceflight more powerful and more efficient ...

NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip. This ...