Scientists are developing a new space propulsion system that uses water as fuel, promising a more sustainable way to explore ...

Radioisotope and nuclear-based propulsion technology is the promising gateway to outer space. Today, spacecraft propulsion, power for onboard spaceship systems, and energy generation in extra ...

NASA is working on a groundbreaking nuclear electric propulsion system that could dramatically speed up trips to Mars. The ...

What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through the cosmos.

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

YR4 has just over a 2% chance of hitting Earth, according to NASA, but experts say there's no need to panic yet.

ThrustMe, a satellite propulsion company based in France, is making a strategic push into the U.S. space market, securing a ...

Once in space, robots would connect the nuclear electric propulsion system's radiator panels, through which a liquid metal coolant, such as a sodium-potassium alloy, would flow. While this is ...

A research team presents an AI assessor for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines of satellites and space probes.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL ... term," JPL Director Laurie Leshin wrote in an X post on Jan. 10. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and ...

Since its foundation in 1959, the DLR Institute of Space Propulsion has been the most important European research and testing facility for liquid-chemical rocket engines. Our mission is to make the ...