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

NASA and its partners have successfully tested a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) fuel that could revolutionize deep-space ...

At NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center ... to realizing the potential of safe, reliable nuclear thermal propulsion for cislunar and deep space missions," General Atomics president Scott Forney ...

Scientists are debating multiple options to deal with an asteroid which could hit Earth in 2032 – but one is emerging as the ...

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

A recently-discovered asteroid, which is estimated to be between 130ft and 330ft in diameter, could strike Planet Earth in ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission impacted the asteroid Dimorphos in September ... told Sky News that another potential option would be launching a nuclear weapon at the asteroid.

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A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor ... be leaving our planet for roughly three years," NASA explains, adding that such a mission would require the crew to be self-sufficient for ...