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Hidden 'shapes' within plasma beams may boost next-generation space rockets

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Chen Cui is a new assistant professor at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science .

He is exploring ways to improve electric propulsion thrusters, a key technology for future space missions.

Electric propulsion works by ionizing a neutral gas, usually xenon, and then using electric fields to accelerate the resulting ions.

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