China has held a launch ceremony for its first super-sized Type 076 amphibious assault ship, now named Sichuan, though the ...

At the top of the naval tree sit the countries able to design, build, and operate nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSN), ...

The plant was scheduled to begin shutting down in November, but its lifespan was extended in a last-minute legislative deal ...

Other options like electric propulsion and solar sailing are efficient but offer ... more energy than rocket fuel and even ...

Harnessing this energy could make voyages to the outer reaches of the Solar System — or even to neighboring stars — feasible ...

Nuclear physics is the study of the protons and neutrons at the centre of an atom and the interactions that hold them together in a space just a few femtometres (10-15 metres) across. Example ...

Ad Astra Rocket Company has spent over two decades developing the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR), a highly efficient electric propulsion system. VASIMR operates by ...

Two United States based firms have entered into a partnership to advance high-power nuclear electric propulsion technology for faster space travel. Ad Astra Rocket Company (Ad Astra) and The Space ...

However, this type of electric propulsion system requires a lot of energy, so the company has opted for a unique tie-up for a power plant that could solve that problem—a nuclear reactor.

Nevertheless, both Europe’s nuclear electricity generation and its contribution to the power mix have declined over the past two decades. Despite the urgency to replace fossil fuels with clean ...