From bicycles to rockets, learning through experience – whether human or machine – is shaping the future of space exploration ...

Sreejith Vidhyadharan Nair receives funding from the University of North Dakota. I have previously received external research funding from agencies such as the FAA and NASA; however, these projects ...

Every year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets into space—and that number is set to grow dramatically with ambitious missions to the moon, Mars and beyond. But these dreams hinge ...

(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 ...

What can be inferred if a comet from another star system accelerates in a manner that our models cannot fully account for? That is the question at the center of the latest storm of scientific ...

Nuclear rockets are moving from Cold War concept to near-term hardware, and the shift could reshape how quickly and safely ...

Discover how AI and machine learning are transforming spacecraft propulsion systems, from nuclear thermal engines to fusion technology, making interplanetary travel faster and more efficient.

Since its discovery on 1 July 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, astronomers have gathered a ...

It is a problem for machines of all types: As they age, parts wear out or break. Recently, the sunroof on my pseudo-exotic 25-year-old sports car failed in the open position when its lifting gear ...