Radiation from a nuclear explosion can vaporize the surface of an asteroid and change its trajectory, a new study finds. An X-ray pulse may be able to vaporize the surface of an asteroid and ...

LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has drawn a "red line" for the United States and its allies by signaling that Moscow will consider responding with nuclear weapons if they ...

"Understanding how different asteroid materials vaporize and deflect will be critical for preparing for a planetary defense mission, should the need arise." When asteroids hurtle towards Earth in ...

The Department of Energy reported on Sept. 30 that the operator of the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan will receive a $1.5 billion loan to help restart the plant's reactor, marking the first ...

Microsoft made waves last week when it announced a deal with Constellation Energy to restart a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island to meet its surging data center power needs, bucking the power ...

Artificial intelligence’s hunger for energy has set off a boom in utility stocks and may lead to the reopening of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, our columnist says. By Jeff Sommer Jeff ...

But recreating nuclear fusion on Earth presents an array of technical challenges. It involves merging atoms in a process that generates temperatures above 100 million degrees Celsius, and building ...

It’s also here, on an unassuming downtown street, a small start-up called Energy Singularity is working on something extraordinary: nuclear fusion energy. US companies and industry experts are ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is fond of nuclear saber-rattling: On the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin leader presided over the rehearsal of a ...

President Vladimir V. Putin heightened his warnings against the West, asserting that Russia should be permitted to use nuclear arms in the event of an attack by a nation backed by a nuclear power.