Figure 3: Examples of biological magnetic fields recorded with atomic magnetometers. Measurements of planetary and interplanetary magnetic fields have been integral to space missions from their ...

Russian scientists claim to have developed a plasma electric rocket engine that could enable travel to Mars in just one to ...

Peculiar bursts of energy called chorus waves have been detected in deep space far from our planet, suggesting they could pose problems for long-distance space travel ...

"The interplanetary magnetic field is the magnetic field between the planets in the solar system—and both its strength and the direction in which it is pointing can vary quite dramatically over ...

What if reaching Mars took only 30 days? Russian researchers have developed an innovative plasma engine, promising to ...

Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, recently developed a new spacecraft engine with impressive specifications.

The development of the engine is expected to make interplanetary trips much faster and expand humanity's access to worlds ...

Unlike most interplanetary probes, Dawn is not propelled by a chemical rocket engine ... In an ion propulsion system, electrons are fired into a magnetic field containing the noble gas xenon. When a ...