It turns out the mysterious force is a previously undiscovered global electric field, a recent study found. The field is only about the strength of a watch battery — but it’s enough to thrust ...

From the discovery of gravity to the first mission to defend Earth from an asteroid, here are the most important physics ...

I’ve been thinking about this recently thanks to the fact that, last week, it was announced that the classic hack-and-slash ...

The electric field was first theorized by scientists over ... “There must be some invisible force lurking there responsible ...

The theory of a planet-wide electric field was developed to directly explain this “polar ... including Venus and Mars. “Understanding the forces that cause Earth’s atmosphere to slowly leak to space ...

To develop spacecraft that can "maneuver without regret," the U.S. Space Force is providing $35 million to a national research team led by the University of Michigan. It will be the first to bring ...

A technology pioneered by Benjamin Franklin is being revived to build more efficient electric motors, an effort in its ...

This means that the motor effect forces continue to cause anti-clockwise rotation of the coil. Electric motors affect almost every aspect of daily life. They can be found in homes, schools and ...

Electric fields are characterized by their ability to exert force on charged molecules. Novocure founder Yoram Palti hypothesized that at particular frequencies and intensities, electric fields ...

During the Age of Sail, ships circled the globe on voyages of discovery and trade. That era ended in the 1800s, when coal-fired steam engines began to replace wind power. Now we may be entering a ...