NASA and its partners have successfully tested a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) fuel that could revolutionize deep-space ...
NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...
Scientists at NASA might have to make some tough decisions in the near future to knock an asteroid out of Earth's path ...
The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start ...
A recently-discovered asteroid, which is estimated to be between 130ft and 330ft in diameter, could strike Planet Earth in ...
While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet, it’s an important step on the journey.
SCIENTISTS do not have much time to deflect an asteroid a size of a football pitch that is hurtling towards Earth, an expert ...
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 ...
“We might even have to consider the severe measures of sending up a nuclear weapon ... American space agency Nasa started formulating a test mission for deflecting an asteroid in 2015.
Scientists are debating multiple options to deal with an asteroid which could hit Earth in 2032 – but one is emerging as the ...