A study found that these cosmic bodies appear to hold up remarkably well to sudden energy deposition and shock conditions, so we may be able to knock them off course and avoid disaster.
Simulations created by the US Pentagon reveal the potential devastation a nuclear bomb detonated in space as Russia probes stationing weapons in space.
"The jury remains out on whether the June 2020 event was a nuclear test or not. What is certain is that we are in a time of ...
The United States flew a reactor in space in the 1960s and has studied nuclear thermal propulsion for decades. Fuel is not the primary limitation either; the enriched uranium supply chain is ...
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright holds a press conference on the sidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference in Vienna, Austria, September 15, 2025.
In 1958, as Cold War tensions shaped decisions in Washington and Moscow, a study quietly examined whether a nuclear device could be exploded on the Mo.