For decades, scientists believed that lead-208, a "doubly magic" and highly stable atomic nucleus, was perfectly spherical.

Nuclear pulse propulsion is a technology that would work. It was being developed in the 1960s but it was stopped because of ...

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely on the radioactive decay of elements to produce heat and eventually ...

Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it ...

Severus is the main plot device in Steven Soderbergh and David Koepp's espionage thriller Black Bag and is capable of mass ...

The Startup Pulsar Fusion is proposing a 2 Megawatt nuclear fusion orbital components for 2027. Pulsar has now proceeded to phase 3, the manufacture of the ...

Astronomers have figured out where a stream of long radio bursts is coming from, and its origin is unprecedented. Rather than ...

Blazars are active galaxies that emit narrow jets of ionised matter from their centres, aimed towards Earth. Depending on ...

The path to removing the plant’s estimated 880 tons of nuclear debris is fraught with technical and human risks ...

Scientists no longer need to rely on theoretical models to study the solar core. Neutrinos, emitting from nuclear fusions, ...

As the nuclear reactor “burns” U-235, the concentration of U-235 decreases while radioactive by-products such as fissile plutonium increase. Eventually, the nuclear chain reaction can no longer be ...

A UK startup has unveiled a new fusion-powered space rocket concept called Sunbird for interplanetary travel to Mars — and beyond.