"It gives you acceleration without fuel." The post Scientists Test New Spacecraft Thruster That Uses No Fuel, Just Earth’s ...

Shielding astronauts from the deadly radiation they face is a central challenge for any designer of a deep-space crewed ...

Two German physicists have reimagined how to create powerful and uniform magnetic fields using compact permanent magnets. By overcoming the limitations of the well-known Halbach array, which works ...

Primordial magnetic fields, billions of times weaker than a fridge magnet, may have left lasting imprints on the Universe. Researchers ran over 250,000 simulations to show how these fields shaped the ...

Although the Earth’s magnetic field is reliable enough for navigation and is also essential for blocking harmful solar emissions and for improving radio communications, it’s not a uniform strength ...

Magnetic storage devices, like a computer's hard disk drive, utilize magnets to represent binary data. However, as these ...