How do you control a nuclear space propulsion system? Very carefully. To help with this, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...

UAlbany chemists created manganese diboride, a high-energy material with potential for rocket fuel and new technologies.

Using a conceptual direct fusion drive, we could reach Saturn and Titan in just two years. Suddenly, a billion miles doesn't ...

Could nuclear rockets be the key to reaching Mars and beyond? Traditional chemical rockets have their limits, but nuclear propulsion could cut travel time in half and open the door to deep space ...

The Ohio State University is developing a new nuclear thermal propulsion system called the centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket (CNTR). Rather than solid fuel elements, this new design uses liquid ...

Perhaps even more impressive is PERSEI’s thrust mode. By using onboard power to drive current through the tether in the ...

Iraq said the Islamic State extremist group has taken control of a vast former chemical weapons facility northwest of Baghdad, where 2,500 chemical rockets filled with the deadly nerve agent ...