Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers at the University of Glasgow have developed a prototype for a "self-eating" rocket that gradually consumes itself for ...

The commercialization of space is in full swing right now, and the pace of competitive innovation is so feverish that even agencies like NASA are outsourcing their missions to private names like ...

Engineers at the University of Glasgow have developed a "self-eating" rocket engine, which burns parts of its body for extra fuel, that could alter the landscape of space travel. This "autophagy" ...

Every year, space junk becomes a bigger problem. We saw the International Space Station dodging debris several times over the past few years, and we've seen more and more debris make its way back down ...

Scientists in the UK have developed a self-consuming rocket they hope can be used to reduce space junk. A team of engineers at the University of Glasgow announced in a press release on Wednesday that ...

New developments on a nearly century-old concept for a "self-eating" rocket engine capable of flight beyond the Earth's atmosphere could help the U.K. take a bigger bite of the space industry.

A team of engineers in the United Kingdom has developed a rocket capable of traveling beyond Earth's atmosphere while consuming itself for fuel before burning up completely. The rocket was built with ...