The engine is a plasma propulsion system, working by ionizing the propellant to create plasma, which is then accelerated by an electromagnetic field to form a high-speed particle stream, thus ...

Electric propulsion is a more efficient alternative ... NASA's Dawn probe visit dwarf planet Ceres The energy for the electromagnetic fields is often provided by solar arrays, and hence the ...

Scientists started exploring gravitic propulsion back in the 1920s through wild experiments with high-voltage capacitors and ...

Introduction to electromagnetic waves in electrical engineering. Topics include: concepts of transmission lines, electrostatics and magnetostatics; Maxwell's equations for time-varying fields; ...

In this three week storyline unit, students investigate a maglev train and the electromagnetic forces that cause a maglev train to levitate and provide the source of propulsion for the train. The ...