13 January 2021
The UK Space Agency and Rolls-Royce launch study into nuclear-powered space exploration
... 3 to 4 months – roughly half the time of the fastest possible trip in a spacecraft using the current chemical propulsion. Nuclear space power is anticipated to create new skilled jobs across the UK to support the burgeoning UK space economy. Science...
February 2016
Nuclear Flashlamps in Space
...years but there was never a reason to consider turning them into flashlamps The engineering problem of making a nuclear explosion into a radar source is the same whether the problem is solved by us, or solved by an alien civilization orbiting another...
May 2020
Iran - emerging space state or threat to world peace?
... is entangled with international policy towards Iran’s nuclear and armament aspirations. Since the early 1970s,...problems – in effect, the deal was that if Iran ceased nuclear weapons development the sanctions would be lifted. As a result, the...
11 October 2021
Disrupting Earth-bound asteroids with nukes is “very effective”, new study says
... strike, a successful deflection might not be possible. In that case, what are the alternatives? It turns out initiating a nuclear blast close to an asteroid could actually work. Breaking up a large rocky body into fragments before it hits Earth...
27 July 2020
Radiation-loving fungus could protect astronauts from cosmic rays
... a novel way to potentially mitigate against the dangers; coating surfaces in a radiation-absorbing fungus found at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor nearly three decades ago. Radiation comes in two types; either non-ionising (low energy) or ionising...
16 August 2016
Have researchers uncovered a fifth fundamental force?
... by experiments, would add to the known four fundamental forces – gravitation, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces – and would have consequences for the unification of forces and dark matter. "If true, it's revolutionary," said...
