When the Cold War ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union, it greatly reduced the threat of global nuclear war.

General Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.

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 ...

The trip to Mars and back is not one for the faint of heart. We're not talking days, weeks, or months. But there are ...

Close to 10 years after it first sent a rocket to space, Blue Origin put one into Earth's orbit when it launched its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral at 2:03 a.m. Eastern Thursday. The 322 ...

In other words, it has the capability to one day power a nuclear rocket that could fire humans into deep space at unprecedented speeds. NASA and other organizations have long looked at nuclear ...

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 ...

AI datacenters are going to have enormous power demands, and that is likely to lead to a renaissance in nuclear energy production. Our #1 name as of Thursday's close is a company producing a newer ...