While an antimatter engine is very far off, researching it could yield other discoveries as well.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Nuclear electric propulsion technology, which uses a nuclear reactor to generate electricity for ionizing and accelerating gaseous propellants, could ...

(Courtesy: CERN/ J Ditzel with AI-assistance) CERN’s ALICE Collaboration has found the first evidence for antihyperhelium-4, which is an antimatter hypernucleus that is a heavier version of antihelium ...

Antimatter can produce more energy than anything else we know of, but it’s very fickle. A new field analysis explains what we need in order to progress with antimatter propulsion. While an ...

A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, with hopes that the fuel could take humans to Mars in the not-too ...

Antimatter can produce more energy than anything else we know of, but it’s very fickle. A new field analysis explains what we need in order to progress with antimatter propulsion. While an antimatter ...

The best, in fact, the only, candidate for this is the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system or nuclear rocket. First conceived of in 1945, this is a rocket that replaces burning chemical fuel ...

The contract, which will run through September 2033, covers the engine requirements for the production of naval nuclear propulsion components. In December 2023, BPMI was awarded a couple of ...

A nuclear weapon could potentially be sent into space to deflect an asteroid heading Earth's way, an astronomer has told Sky News. Dr David Whitehouse said the measure could be taken against a ...

NASA is working on a nuclear electric propulsion system that would involve robotically assembling a space radiator the size of a football field out in the void. The project has moved beyond the ...

Planning rules will be ripped up to make it easier to build new nuclear reactors and create thousands of highly skilled jobs, the government has announced. The reforms are the latest in a series ...