While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet, it’s an important step on the journey.

NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...

The military wanted to test the electromagnetic impacts of nuclear weapons in space. In 1962 they lit up the sky.

A shelter above the sarcophagus covering the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 16, 2022.

The leaders held bilateral talks following the high-level political segment of the AI Action Summit in Paris. They also ...

Rosatom scientists have developed a laboratory prototype for a plasma electro-reactive rocket engine based on a magnetic ...

According to the NCRI report, Iran is using this technology to develop liquid-fuel propellants, like the Simorgh rocket with ...

Iran is allegedly developing nuclear missiles that can hit Europe based on designs delivered to Tehran by North Korea, ...

Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will review that the nuclear thermal rocket program ...

The trials verify that the fuel can survive the harsh environment of a nuclear rocket reactor. Up until now, the main way of propelling spacecraft has been through chemical rockets. To be fair ...