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.

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 ...

The project is part of a comprehensive programme focused on advancing nuclear science, engineering ... facility is under construction at the Troitsk site to test the plasma rocket engine prototype and ...

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

The test confirms that nuclear-powered engines could withstand extreme conditions and operate safely in space. By Sadie ...

While the 1950s was a time of truly unusual and fast-paced innovation in military aerospace, one of the more bizarre projects ...

Department of Energy staff have widely heard the new CIO hails from SpaceX, a rocket company owned by Elon Musk.