What Is NASA Hiding in Its Nuclear Rocket Tests for Mars?NASA's renewed focus on nuclear thermal propulsion promises to slash Mars transit times from seven-to-nine months to just three-to-four. Th...
27 Feb, 2026, 02.44 PM IST
US furloughs 1,400 nuclear agency staff as shutdown drags on; opens weapons-grade plutonium access to private energy firmsThe US nuclear weapons agency furloughed 1,400 employees due to the government shutdown, leaving under 400 on duty to maintain the nuclear ...
22 Oct, 2025, 02.01 PM IST
NASA aims to deploy nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 in high-stakes race with China and RussiaNASA is developing a 40-kilowatt lunar nuclear reactor under its Fission Surface Power program, aiming for deployment by decade’s end to pr...
09 Aug, 2025, 01.31 PM IST
China discovers rare moon crystal containing potential fuel for future fusion energyChinese researchers found a rare crystal, Changesite-(Y), on the Moon. It contains helium-3, a key ingredient for nuclear fusion. Helium-3 ...
08 Aug, 2025, 10.09 AM IST
China tests spacecraft it hopes will put first Chinese on the moonChina has conducted its first test of the Lanyue lunar lander, aiming to put Chinese astronauts on the moon before 2030. The lander's ascen...
07 Aug, 2025, 07.10 PM IST
A nuclear reactor on the Moon? How the U.S. just unleashed a new era of space power to outpace China and RussiaA nuclear reactor on the Moon is no longer science fiction. Under the bold leadership of Sean Duffy, NASA is fast-tracking plans to launch ...
05 Aug, 2025, 04.44 AM IST
China-led lunar base to include nuclear power plant on moon's surface, space officialChina and Russia's International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) preliminary plans involve constructing a nuclear reactor on the moon's surfa...
23 Apr, 2025, 01.42 PM IST
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant to supply power to Microsoft Data Centers? All you need to knowMicrosoft as an organization and technological giant is expanding with every passing day and is requiring massive amount of power to run it...
20 Sep, 2024, 10.15 PM IST
India, China, Russia to jointly build massive nuclear power plant on moon to establish a future human lunar colonyIndia and China are collaborating with Russia to establish a nuclear power plant on the Moon. This project, led by Russia's Rosatom, aims t...
09 Sep, 2024, 11.27 AM IST
Setting up nuclear power unit in space is priority for Russia: PutinRussian President Vladimir Putin stressed the importance of prioritizing space projects, including a nuclear power unit in space, during di...
15 Mar, 2024, 11.44 AM IST
Russia says it is considering putting a nuclear power plant on the moon with ChinaRussia and China are considering putting a nuclear power plant on the moon from 2033-35, according to Yuri Borisov, head of Russia's space ...
05 Mar, 2024, 09.00 PM IST
After fake moon, China trying to create an artificial sunAs per reports, China's Hefei Institutes of Physical Sciences is working on an earth-based sun simulator which basically is a fusion reacto...
15 Nov, 2018, 12.17 PM IST
NASA's nuclear reactor could power crewed missions to MarsThe Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology experiment was conducted at US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)'s Nevada Nat...
03 May, 2018, 02.40 PM IST
NASA is bringing back cold war-era atomic rockets to get to MarsUnlike conventional rockets that burn fuel to create thrust, the atomic system uses the reactor to heat a propellant like liquid hydrogen, ...
15 Feb, 2018, 05.48 PM IST
- UN chief pledges aid on Chernobyl disaster anniversary
UN chief Ban Ki-moon marked the 22nd anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine by pledging UN assistance for the stricken re...
26 Apr, 2008, 08.43 AM IST
- IAEA chief hits out at US, Israel over Syrian reactor claims
The UN atomic watchdog agency said on Friday it would probe US intelligence allegations that Syria was building a secret nuclear reactor wi...
26 Apr, 2008, 06.14 AM IST
- Time to move ahead of Chernobyl disaster
Remembering the victims of the world's worst nuclear power reactor accident in Chernobyl, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has ...
27 Apr, 2007, 10.55 AM IST