ITER has devised the technology that could unlock fusion energy, and they've done so with the aid of a 60-foot magnet. Here's ...

Bombed by the US in a dramatic escalation, this mountainside enrichment plant south of Tehran is vital to Iran’s nuclear ...

Getting to Mars takes a really long time, about nine months using today's rocket technology. This is because regular rocket engines burn fuel and oxygen together (like a car engine), but they're not ...

A nuclear battery powered by radioactive decay rather than chemical reactions could last for decades. The most efficient design yet may bring this concept closer to reality.

“Nuclear propulsion can be multiple times more efficient than the most efficient chemical propulsion, or exceed the electric power limited by solar energy, thus enabling exploration where no ...

A nuclear-powered car lined with lead and other materials to protect its passengers from radiation would weigh at least 50 tons—more than 25 times as heavy as the average vehicle.

The first American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was USS Enterprise, commissioned in 1961.All of US Navy's current carriers, which are a mix of Nimitz- and Ford-class carriers, are nuclear powered.

UK startup Pulsar Fusion is developing Sunbird, a nuclear fusion rocket that could drastically cut down journey times in space, shown here in an artist’s impression.

Here is a timeline tracing key developments in Iran’s nuclear programme over the years. The United States and Iran, then ruled by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was brought to power by a 1953 CIA ...