UK-based Pulsar Fusion has achieved its first plasma in the exhaust system of its ...

Pulsar Fusion, a UK-based space propulsion company developing advanced propulsion technologies for the rapidly growing satellite and deep-space markets, today announced that it has achieved “first ...

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 ...

In the relentless quest to make journeys to Mars shorter and safer, Russian scientists have recently turned heads with a bold claim: A plasma-based propulsion system could cut the Earth–Mars transit ...

Plasma technology is moving from science fiction concept to practical hardware, promising to reshape how spacecraft are tested, powered, and protected. In labs from Colorado to Moscow, engineers are ...

Microwave plasma dynamics encompasses the study of ionised gases generated by high frequency electromagnetic fields and their complex interactions with the surrounding medium. At the heart of this ...

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The big picture: In deep-space travel, the race is no longer about who has the biggest rocket – it's about who can build the smartest plasma engine. As the competition to reach Mars intensifies, ...

Long before any spacecraft can attempt a faster journey to Mars, scientists must first solve one of space exploration’s biggest challenges: propulsion. Chemical rockets, used to launch spacecraft into ...