Nuclear pulse propulsion is a technology that would work. It was being developed in the 1960s but it was stopped because of ...

Ingenuity proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that a helicopter can operate on another planet. Over 72 flights, the little ...

Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the sun's light can feel on Earth.

On Episode 152 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik host Dr. Robert O'Brien, Director of the Universities Space ...

This technology represents a base for Mars’s survival because reliable power will be critical for human life support systems. NASA uses nuclear power system development to establish the path for ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has found possible hints of ancient life on Mars ― one of the strongest signs yet of Martian life, according to planetary scientists. Dark-rimmed ‘leopard spots ...

BEIJING, March 12 (Reuters) - China will hold a meeting on Friday in Beijing with Russia and Iran on the Iranian "nuclear issue", its foreign ministry said, with both nations sending their deputy ...

But don't count rockets out just yet. NASA is developing engines powered by nuclear fission to send astronauts to Mars! Nuclear-powered rockets would be more efficient for long-distance space ...

Tariff advocates have three main arguments. One, they raise revenue. Two, they revive domestic industries. And three, they are a diplomatic negotiating tool. Not only do these arguments not stand ...

Nuclear physics is the study of the protons and neutrons at the centre of an atom and the interactions that hold them together in a space just a few femtometres (10-15 metres) across. Example ...