NASA is working on a groundbreaking nuclear electric propulsion system that could dramatically speed up trips to Mars. The ...

Russia's RS-28 Sarmat missile, claimed by Putin to be powerful, faces development setbacks linked to Ukrainian technology, as ...

The RPS uses two Stirling engines to convert the heat generated by the decay of Plutonium-238 (Pu-238) into electricity.

The PULSAR research project, led by Belgian engineering firm Tractebel, has unveiled the conceptual design of a plutonium-238 ...

Jeffrey Alan Benjamin, 62, was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison after pleading guilty to causing SCANA, a publicly-traded company, to keep false records in connection with the failed ...

Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could soon be better protected against their own exhaust, thanks to new ...

Since the invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin appears to have made conventional weapons its greater priority—at least for now.

Nuclear propulsion could be the future of space travel and NASA and General Atomics just brought us one step closer.

China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), referred to as the "artificial sun," has achieved a new milestone in nuclear fusion research. The reactor maintained ...

The Sea Dragon, a 490-foot behemoth, would have been built of inexpensive steel and launched from the sea, minimizing ground infrastructure.

In the ever-evolving landscape of engineering, the "Global Top Ten Engineering Achievements 2024" stand out as remarkable milestones. Published on Engineering, this article details these ...

General Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.