NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft.

Space agencies are moving closer to a new era of rocket propulsion that could fundamentally change deep-space travel. Nuclear ...

MOSCOW, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- A nuclear-powered space engine prototype must be developed in Russia by 2030, and two gigafactories will be opened this year, Alexei Likhachev, director general of Russia's ...

Kim Jong Un unveils a new 8,700-ton nuclear-powered submarine, escalating tensions in the Pacific. Learn how this stealth ...

Here are answers to questions about these ships, including why the shipping industry wants them, and the challenges they face ...

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia had successfully tested a Poseidon nuclear-powered super torpedo that military analysts say is capable of devastating coastal regions by ...

If Tokyo acquires nuclear-powered subs, it would be a significant strategic shift for the only nation to have suffered atomic bombings. In this May 31, 2025 file photo, Japan’s then-Defense Minister ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Iain Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) Russian President ...

A nuclear-powered submarine was one item on a wish list of sophisticated weaponry that Kim Jong-un announced during a ...

The official Korean Central News Agency said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a shipyard to inspect the construction ...

State media images reveal a largely completed hull as Kim Jong Un vows to strengthen the North's naval nuclear capabilities ...

The pictures released by state media showed leader Kim Jong Un inspecting the guided-missile submarine at an indoor construction facility, indicating it has not yet been launched.