NASA’s GNEISS mission will use rockets and ground sensors to map three-dimensional electrical currents in auroras, offering direct measurements of auroral pathways in Earth’s upper atmosphere.

Measuring conditions in volatile clouds of superheated gases known as plasmas is central to pursuing greater scientific ...

Nonetheless, the potential geomagnetic tantrum could cause auroras to ignite the skies in 11 states: Alaska, Northern ...

Russia is once again trying to vault itself to the front of the space race, this time with a plasma engine that officials say ...

Plasma propulsion transforms an inert propellant – often hydrogen – into plasma, a superheated mix of ions and electrons. Magnetic fields then funnel and accelerate the ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have developed a groundbreaking plasma tunnel to simulate the extreme ...

Picture a spacecraft returning to Earth after a long journey. The vehicle slams into the planet's atmosphere at roughly ...

Earth is surrounded by more than air and a magnetic field. Powerful very low-frequency, or VLF, transmitters built for ...

Avalanche has raised $29 million in fresh funding to pursue its unique approach to fusion power, which can currently fit on a ...

In the very first moments after the Big Bang, the universe looked nothing like it does today. Instead of stars, atoms, or ...