Thousands of pieces of space junk are littering low-Earth orbit (LEO), potentially imperiling the future of human spaceflight. A new study highlights a novel idea to clean up this orbital mess using ...

OpenStar Technologies, a New Zealand-based fusion research company, has achieved a key milestone by obtaining its first plasma. Although nuclear fusion research is relatively new, OpenStar has adopted ...

Why magnets sit at the heart of fusion’s next leap Magnetic confinement is the central engineering challenge for fusion power because the fuel must be heated to temperatures hotter than the core of ...

Scientists want to use it to learn more about the sun and nuclear fusion. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Capturing lightning in ...

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 ...