To travel between solar systems, a spacecraft would need extremely sophisticated – if not impossible – technology.
MIT researchers have shown that one fuel can power both chemical and electric spacecraft thrusters, potentially transforming ...
A new propulsion system feeds the same "monopropellant" fuel into electrical and chemical thrusters, potentially saving on ...
To assess the plausibility of alien visitors, it’s necessary to understand the obstacles that an extraterrestrial vessel would need to overcome to reach Earth ...
MIT engineers are testing "electrospray" propulsion thrusters that could make satellites and small spacecraft more powerful ...