But scientists have now discovered that the probe visited at a time of unusual conditions - an intense solar wind event - ...

The University of Iowa is the lead institution on a near-$166-million robotic space mission due for launch next year. Twin ...

This week got off to a flying start when new science experiments and cargo were launched to the International Space Station, ...

Physicists have been trying to design fusion reactors, technologies that can generate energy via nuclear fusion processes, ...

Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental physical process in plasmas, through which the magnetic energy is converted into ...

There have been some laboratory experiments and theoretical work done to validate aspects of the plasma magnet propulsion concept. The Plasma Magnet is a wind drag device invented almost twenty years ...

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has announced the completion of the intricate process of building the first quadrant of the magnet at the heart of the National Spherical Torus ...

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has announced the completion of the intricate process of building the first quadrant of the magnet at the heart of the National Spherical Torus ...

The Voyager 2 mission, which provided humanity's first and only close-up view of Uranus, revealed a planet with unexpectedly ...

Much of the knowledge about Uranus was gleaned when NASA’s robotic spacecraft Voyager 2 conducted a five-day flyby in 1986.