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NASA plasma propulsion project promises Mars in a flash
Engineering research outfit Howe Industries is working with NASA to develop a new plasma-based propulsion system that might help solve the problem of moving around the solar system faster with bigger payloads. Early studies suggest the pulsed plasma rocket (PPR) propulsion system could produce up to 100,000 N of thrust within a 5,000-second impulse. The
Plasma lensing discovered in black widow pulsar
Black widow pulsar systems are usually characterized by ablating the companion by pulsar emissions. They got their name from the “black widow” spiders. These systems give crucial insights into the characteristics of the companion stars under intense irradiation. Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), a research team led by Dr. WANG Shuangqiang from…