Russia is extensively testing a new plasma based rocket engine that will use charged hydrogen particles to gain turbulent ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, recently developed a new spacecraft engine with impressive specifications.

Scientists at Rosatom have unveiled a plasma electric rocket engine that is claimed to be capable of propelling spacecraft to ...

The James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) picture of the month for February 2025 is showing off the power of planet formation.

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

But as far as we know, no other bodies in the solar system exhibit plate tectonics ... certain aspects of Earth's geology keep the plate tectonic engine chugging along. For a planet to sustain ...