A paper from several NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon ...

The U.S. Department of Energy said on Tuesday it has selected Sam Altman-backed nuclear technology firm Oklo OKLO.N, Terrestrial Energy, TRISO-X and Valar Atomics for its new pilot program to build ...

Space is vast, mysterious, and full of surprises — but few celestial objects capture our imagination quite like asteroids. These rocky remnants from the early solar system have been drifting through ...

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — The Little Rock Workforce Development Board has been awarded a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to support its re-entry program. The money will be used to ...

A Quad-City nonprofit organization that helps former inmates adjust to life on the outside and get into the workforce shows off a new location. Safer Foundation held an open house to celebrate the ...

A group of independent nuclear proliferation experts assessed that Iran no longer has a pathway to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons, confirming a major setback for the Islamic Republic following the ...

NASA has begun barring Chinese nationals with valid visas from joining its programs, underscoring the intensifying space race between the rival powers. The policy shift was first reported by Bloomberg ...

Scientists from The Ohio State University are making strides that could redefine our journey through space with a new twist on nuclear propulsion technologies. At the helm of this pioneering work, ...

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 ...

What if the most powerful spaceship ever designed was powered by nuclear bombs? Project Orion was an ambitious Cold War-era idea to send massive spacecraft into space using atomic explosions for ...

Tiny life-forms might have once existed on Mars, leaving a trail that resembles poppy seeds and leopard spots on a reddish rock. NASA's Perseverance rover found this rock in July 2024. Scientists ...

Iran has agreed to give the U.N. atomic agency access to its main nuclear facilities, opening the possibility for international inspectors to assess the damage done by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in ...