Caltech scientists are developing laser-driven lightsails that could push spacecraft beyond our solar system. Their research ...

A program developed by APL is helping U.S. space agencies protect satellites and other systems vital to national security.

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NASA’s Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) has arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where the ...

A team led by Harvard SEAS Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. John Zimmerman and including NTT Research Medical and Health Informatics Scientist Ryoma Ishii, Harvard SEAS Tarr Family Professor of Bioengineering ...

Spin Hall nano-oscillators (SHNOs) are nanoscale spintronic devices that convert direct current into high-frequency microwave ...

Can lightsails be the future of deep space exploration? This is what a recent study published in Nature Photonics hopes to address as a team of researchers | Space ...

It's a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific stories each month. In the past, ...

China is on a clear course to become the world’s first “electrostate" — and is likely to eclipse the U.S. in atomic power in ...

The gyrations of hoop-slinging robots reveal that hourglass-shaped objects are best at keeping a hoop in the air.