NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft.
Space agencies are moving closer to a new era of rocket propulsion that could fundamentally change deep-space travel. Nuclear ...
That something is nuclear propulsion. Essentially, a nuclear rocket engine is a reactor that has hydrogen running through it as a propellant, which is heated to an astonishing 3,000 K (2,727 °C, 4,940 ...
From plasma engines that could turn months of travel into weeks to the first blueprints for ships that will outlive their ...
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VIENNA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--From April 7 to 11, the third International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology (ICARST-2025), hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency ...
When nuclear energy is mentioned, most people think about nuclear power plants, but did you know that nuclear technology fuels some of the most advanced ships in the world? Nuclear energy plays a ...
NEW YORK, NY, December 1, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- Jay Yu, founder, chairman, and president of NANO Nuclear Energy Inc, opens new tab. (Nasdaq: NNE, opens new tab), is positioning the advanced nuclear ...
I’ve grown up with rockets that burn chemical fuel, but NASA’s next big leap in propulsion could make those engines look as dated as steam trains. By turning to nuclear power in space, the agency is ...