What is Helical Engine?
The vast expanse of the cosmos presents a significant challenge to humanity’s inherent curiosity to explore and understand. Despite our…
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Could We Ever Make a Real Lightsaber?
Lightsabers – fictitious swords made of… something glowy – are the quintessential melee weapon of the Star Wars universe. No…
How do rocket work?
Rocket obtains thrust from a rocket engine. Rocket engine exhaust is formed entirely from propellant carried within the rocket. Rocket…
What is a nuclear thermal rocket?
Nuclear thermal rocket (NTR) is a type of thermal rocket where the heat from a nuclear reaction, often nuclear fission,…
How a rocket engine work?
Rocket engine uses stored rocket propellants as the reaction mass for forming a high-speed propulsive jet of fluid, usually high-temperature…
China’s ‘Sun’ Just Broke a Major World Record For Plasma Fusion
Just seven months after it announced a milestone record for plasma fusion, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has absolutely smashed…
The Space Shuttle Enterprise
The Space Shuttle Enterprise, the only space shuttle that has never flown into space. When NASA launched the shuttle program,…
What Is a Tokamak?
A tokamak is a machine that confines a plasma using magnetic fields in a donut shape that scientists call a…
Compact Fusion Power Plant Concept Uses State-of-the-Art Physics To Improve Energy Production
Fusion power plants use magnetic fields to hold a ball of current-carrying gas (called a plasma). This creates a miniature…
Turboprop engine | How it works?
Turboprop engine is basically another variant of a turbojet engine except that one more turbine is present in a turboprop…