For more than a century, gravity has been the immovable backdrop of modern physics, a force that can be described and exploited but never truly switched off. Now a former NASA engineer says he has ...

Authorities in Huntsville, Ala. are reviewing the death of a 34-year-old aerospace researcher who worked on experimental anti ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 2001, British Electrical Engineer Roger Shawyer first introduced the “impossible drive,” known as the EmDrive. It was called “impossible” because ...

Escape velocity is the speed an object needs to break free from a planet or moon’s gravity without further propulsion. It’s a key factor in rocket design, mission planning, and understanding planetary ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Every year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets ...

A suitcase-sized quantum sensor could soon reveal hidden water, oil, and even underground mountains—all by tracking how atoms fall. Reading time 2 minutes Buckle up, nerds: NASA is building the first ...

A team of Texas A&M engineering students are working on a technology called optical propulsion, which could cut travel time ...

Researchers at Texas A&M University have demonstrated a laser-driven propulsion system that can lift ...