Scientists are trying to create a sci-fi spacecraft staple to protect astronauts from exposure to our Sun’s radiation on long missions. Can a solution be found on the Moon? As any starship captain ...

Scientists from RAL Space at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have solved a lunar mystery, and their results might lead the way to determining if the same mechanism could be artificially manipulated ...

From Star Trek to Star Wars, Dune to Dr Who, force fields are a staple of science fiction. But Boeing thinks there may be more to it than special effects. It’s just been granted a patent for a ...

The plasma-filled shield would offer protection from harmful particles British scientists are planning to see whether a Star Trek-style deflector shield could be built to protect astronauts from ...

Calling it a “deflector shield,” with its Star Trek connotations, is a clever bit of marketing by BAE, though perhaps not totally accurate. The USS Enterprise’s deflector shields could repel both ...

In the Star Wars universe, firing up the deflector shields is no big deal. Imperial cruiser on your tail? Deflector shields. Incoming TIE Fighter? Better flip on the deflectors. Science fiction has ...

Aerospace and defence firm BAE Systems has come up with a new idea for protecting the military from laser directed-energy weapons – harness the power of the Earth's atmosphere to produce instant, ...

FROM Star Trek to Star Wars, Dune to Dr Who, force fields have long been a staple of science fiction. Now Boeing has taken out a patent to produce the real thing. Instead it is intended to deflect the ...