An extrapolation technique aims to address the gap between Hall effect thruster performance in space and in laboratory ...

Electric (plasma) propulsion devices have been used for applications such as station-keeping and orbit transfer, in place of chemical rockets, because they provide a higher specific impulse. Detailed ...

China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor, known as the 'Artificial Sun,' achieved a new world record by maintaining a stable, highly confined plasma flow for 1,066 seconds ...

Researchers in the US have revealed that heat does not flow as expected between different materials when they are in a super-hot, ultra-dense state known as high-energy-density plasma. The experiment, ...

A helioseismology study maps the flow of plasma inside the Sun and supports a model that also explains the sunspot cycle. The results of a new helioseismology study suggest that the Sun’s meridional ...