The tiny system will test a fuel-free, lightweight method for slowing down satellites. It took eight years and the collaborative efforts of over 600 interdisciplinary undergraduate students, but ...

This paper presents a radically new class of nuclear electric thrusters that has the advanced capabilities necessary to perform missions previously unfeasible. This light-weight propulsion system ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "A gas is made of neutral molecules and atoms," said Xuedong Hu, a professor of physics at the ...