Simulations created by the US Pentagon reveal the potential devastation a nuclear bomb detonated in space as Russia probes ...
Canada’s top military space official has issued a stark warning about the potential dangers posed by Russia in space. Brigadier-General Christopher Horner, Commander of the 3 Canadian Space Division, ...
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 ...
To protect Allied astronauts and spacecraft, U.S. commanders need to stage a preemptive strike on Russia’s atomic-armed ASAT missile before it can be launched into orbit.
When a space rock big enough to end civilization shows up on the radar, the margin for philosophical debate shrinks fast. In ...
Energy is fundamentally important—researchers have linked a lack of reliable energy to poor physical health, poor mental ...
In a new paper, an international team of researchers revisited the idea of blowing up an incoming asteroid with a nuclear ...