The scientists at Rosatom have successfully developed a laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator.The engine demonstrates enhanced thrust ...

Russia's state-owned Rosatom announced a prototype plasma engine which could speed up travel to other planets.

Russian scientists have unveiled an ambitious new plasma engine that could drastically cut the travel time to Mars, reducing ...

"The most exciting part is – we’re going to the moon! In the next five to 10 years, we will see propulsion modules from Northern Ireland landing on the moon’s surface, and we will also see ...

Interestingly, the spacecraft would use an innovative propulsion method: lightsails. These types of reflective sails use the pressure from lasers or starlight to propel spacecraft. These ultrathin ...

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak achieved a remarkable scientific milestone by maintaining steady-state high-confinement plasma operation for an impressive 1,066 seconds. Credit: ...

The reactor, located in Hefei in Anhui province, generated a steady loop of plasma for 1,066 seconds ... by providing rockets with more powerful propulsion systems. Nuclear fusion and nuclear ...

Researchers have proposed a new propulsion method that could make covering the vast distances required for interstellar missions feasible within a human lifetime. The fundamental challenge in ...

Over the last several years, it has consistently broken fusion records, and it can now add a new one to its collection: the longest sustained ultra-hot plasma. They kept it going for 1,066 seconds ...

Scientists in China on a quest to build a nuclear fusion reactor capable of producing unlimited, low-cost energy have achieved a sustained plasma temperature exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius ...

The best, in fact, the only, candidate for this is the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP ... be expelled to generate thrust according to Newton's First Law. The basic principle is simple but ...

In a pioneering approach to achieve fusion energy, the SMART device has successfully generated its first tokamak plasma. This step brings the international fusion community closer to achieving ...