Reaching Alpha Centauri within a single human lifetime has long sounded like science fiction, yet a new generation of nuclear pulse concepts is forcing that timeline into serious discussion. The idea ...

Russia is once again trying to vault itself to the front of the space race, this time with a plasma engine that officials say could reach Mars in roughly a month. If the technology performs as ...

NASA just launched rockets into the northern lights and captured the hidden electricity that powers them.

A NASA rocket mission will soon launch from Alaska to reveal the electrical circuitry underlying the aurora. The rocket will use a technique similar to a CT scan to reconstruct the electrical currents ...