Science Made Simple: What Is Nuclear Fission?
Nuclear fission, discovered in 1938, involves splitting an atom's nucleus, releasing energy. It's essential for electricity ...
Fast-Track to Mars: NASA’s Nuclear Rockets Cut Travel Time in Half
NASA and DARPA are developing nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) technology to enable faster crewed missions to Mars, ...
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The One Technological Issue That Is Holding Nuclear Rockets Back
NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip.
Using antimatter to detect nuclear radiation: Byproducts of fission reactors provide insight into nuclear reactor use
Nuclear fission reactors act as a key power source for many parts of the world and worldwide power capacity is expected to ...
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There’s a Big Problem With Using Nuclear Rockets to Get to Mars
Testy Subject Scientists have long proposed nuclear fission-fueled rockets to get to Mars fast — but one is warning that ...
How rockets could travel to Mars in half the time with nuclear thermal propulsion
NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to ...
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Sam Altman-backed company announces plans for history-making nuclear microreactor — and it could transform the future of artificial intelligence
It hopes to submit an application next year, break ground on the project in 2026, and begin using the first advanced fission ...
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Using antimatter to detect nuclear radiation
Discerning whether a nuclear reactor is being used to also create material for nuclear weapons is difficult, but capturing and analyzing antimatter particles has shown promise for monitoring what ...
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Destroyer of worlds: How the race for the atomic bomb that became death, and a stark reminder to nations in the nuclear era
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ movement, Nihon Hidankyo, fighting for a world ...