Overview Energy has proven its solar power beaming satellite system works in motion, which it claims is a world first for high-power wireless energy transmission. The company is targeting megawatt ...
Portal’s heat exchanger thruster, known as Flare, fires up during a test in a vacuum chamber. (Portal Space Systems Photo) Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems says it has successfully tested its ...
Stay tuned with IE for more updates and insights on the top seven developments of 2025 in Science, Robotics, Military , Nuclear Energy, and more. We’ve been to the Moon and sent rovers to Mars, but ...
BROOMFIELD, Colo., August 11, 2025 – MMA Space has developed a low-cost solar array capable of generating tens of kilowatts that can be manufactured in a fraction of the time of conventional solar ...
"Ultimately, this work may help scientists better predict the impact of space weather across the solar system on longer ...
In the frozen outskirts of the solar system, a reddish dwarf planet orbits in silence. Known as Sedna, it is so distant that one trip around the Sun takes more than 11,000 years. For much of that time ...
"Solar Orbiter can now provide this missing piece of the puzzle." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In a striking new view from ...
The latest hot-fire of NASA’s Artemis moon rocket engine at Stennis Space Center was more than a dramatic plume on the ...
Why outer space systems need high power density. Why power-generation systems in outer space are important. Generating electricity at nighttime using renewable resources has become extremely important ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Our solar system has been around for 4.6 billion years. While that sounds like a long time, it's ...
Historically, getting into space and sending heavy payloads across or out of the Solar System has relied on chemical rockets. They do the job, and very well, but they suffer from the fact that even ...