Russia is once again trying to vault itself to the front of the space race, this time with a plasma engine that officials say could reach Mars in roughly a month. If the technology performs as ...
NASA just launched rockets into the northern lights and captured the hidden electricity that powers them.
The coming decades of space exploration hinge on a single, stubborn number: the 225 million kilometres between Earth and Mars ...
NASA has pulled off a high-flying aurora investigation, launching three rockets into the glowing northern lights over Alaska. One mission targeted mysterious dark patches called black auroras, while ...
A NASA rocket mission will soon launch from Alaska to reveal the electrical circuitry underlying the aurora. The rocket will use a technique similar to a CT scan to reconstruct the electrical currents ...