This limitation has not stopped people from investigating the possibility, and the latest addition to the propellant-less club is an electrostatic design developed by a former NASA engineer.

There’s just one problem—such a device would defy the laws of physics. This limitation has not stopped people from investigating the possibility, and the latest addition to the propellant-less club is ...

32,615 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?32,615 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?

Sunita Williams’ salary as a NASA astronaut As a NASA astronaut, Sunita Williams gets paid based on the US government's General Schedule (GS) pay scale, grades GS-13 to GS-15, based on ...

Mar. 20, 2025 — Astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0. This record-breaking detection is making astronomers rethink how quickly galaxies formed in the ...

In their first public comments since their dramatic return to Earth, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore said they were surprised by the intense focus on their mission. At a news ...

Storms caused by updrafts have become of special interest to NASA. In fact, it has a special program called the Investigation of Convective Updrafts or INCUS. It’s won some awards recently to launch ...

Damien Pine (he/him) is a freelance writer, artist, and former NASA engineer. He writes about science, physics, tech, art, and other topics with a focus on making complicated ideas accessible.