SCIENTISTS have unveiled several options to stop 2024 YR4, an asteroid the size of a football pitch from smashing into Earth. It comes after an expert warned that the chance of the giant space ...

Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.

NASA has achieved a critical milestone in space exploration with the successful testing of advanced nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) reactor fuel at its Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). This ...

Rumors of a Russian space nuke, along with other satellite-targeting weapons, have made geopolitical tensions extend into ...

JHU-led study on 2024 Iran earthquake shows potential consequences of mishandling and misinterpreting scientific information, ...

A scientific investigation dismantles the widespread claim that an Iranian earthquake was actually a secret nuclear test.

short-duration engine test comparable to what the DRACO effort would require, Osorio says that “qualifying an operational nuclear thermal propulsion engine for space transportation will require ...

REF Thus, a nuclear explosive test could take significantly longer ... in the atmosphere, in outer space, or underwater.REF While the United States signed and ratified the treaty under President ...

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 reports sparked fears that Moscow could blast a satellite into space with a nuclear warhead ... after the United States' Starfish Prime nuclear test above Bikini Atoll - a small spit of ...

WASHINGTON WAS abuzz on February 14th with news of a mysterious Russian space weapon. Mike Turner, chairman of the House ...