The coming decades of space exploration hinge on a single, stubborn number: the 225 million kilometres between Earth and Mars. Chemical rockets, the workhorses of every space programme to date, take ...

Abstract: This article details the construction of a retarding field energy analyzer (RFEA) designed to measure the ion energy distribution function (IEDF) in a moderately dense laboratory plasma, ...

The PALLAS simulation framework is a Geant4-based toolkit for modeling plasma-accelerated particle beams. It integrates traditional Monte Carlo methods with machine learning-based ONNX beam generation ...

US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says her department is deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis and will roll ⁠out the program nationwide as funding becomes ...

Being more efficient and more powerful than chemical rockets, plasma engines are seen as the future of human spaceflight. While NASA-backed plasma rocket projects aim for travel times to Mars be just ...

A Bellambi motorcyclist who mounted a footpath and tore through a soccer field to escape police has been jailed for his "reckless" escapade. I am a Senior Journalist at the Illawarra Mercury. My ...

BepiColombo is slowly uncovering more and more fun facts about Mercury as it continues its preliminary mission. One of the more interesting things found so far is a magnetic "chorus" that appears ...

Through one meet so far this season, the Kansas State men’s indoor track and field team is already impressing on the national stage. On Tuesday, the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches ...

Russian researchers are testing a new plasma propulsion system that may accelerate future missions to Mars, reducing travel time from months to just one or two. The engine, developed by Rosatom’s ...

Emmy-winning actor Timothy Busfield was released from jail on Tuesday pending trial on child sex abuse charges. “I don’t find that there’s been sufficient presentation that this defendant may commit ...

A Kansas-developed wheat variety has been transformed into a one-of-a-kind trophy honoring Bill Snyder, blending Kansas State University research, farmer stewardship and K-State football tradition ...

Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield, who surrendered to authorities earlier this week to face charges stemming from allegations of sexual misconduct involving two young boys, shared intimate ...