Space Forge is looking to manufacture semiconductor materials in orbit, where the microgravity enables cleaner crystals.

Eventually, the semiconductor crystals forged in this orbital furnace will power the infrastructure of our daily lives.

Space Forge said Dec. 31 it generated plasma aboard its first satellite, a milestone the British startup says shows it can create and maintain conditions needed to produce valuable semiconductor ...

Joshua Western, CEO and co-founder of Space Forge, said, “Generating plasma on orbit represents a fundamental shift. It ...

From plasma engines that could turn months of travel into weeks to the first blueprints for ships that will outlive their ...

A Cardiff-based startup has switched on a working furnace inside a factory orbiting hundreds of kilometres above Earth, ...

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After 8 months in orbit, Varda's first reusable capsule made a safe return to Earth on Feb. 21. It took less than 30 minutes for Varda Space Industries’ W-1 capsule to leave its orbital home of eight ...

The findings could clarify the origins of the enigmatic and brilliant emissions that often come from the deep recesses of space. Reading time 2 minutes A team of researchers believes the flurry of ...

Space plasma physics examines the behaviour of ionised gases in planetary and astrophysical environments where electromagnetic forces dominate over collisional interactions. This field explores ...

A new study by researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, funded by the National Science Foundation, has identified for the first time a process by which the solar wind is heated along ...

A microwave-sized factory now circling Earth has ignited a plasma furnace that could produce semiconductor crystals up to ...