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This breakthrough couldn't come at a more critical time. US researchers make key breakthrough in pursuit of next-gen nuclear ...

In a four-part series, our podcast “Babbage” pulls back the curtain on the vast scientific infrastructure that America has created to build, maintain and upgrade its nuclear weapons. From the turn of ...

According to a recent directive from acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy, the space agency will launch a nuclear reactor to the moon by 2030. NASA is developing nuclear power on the moon. According ...

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical challenges. By Kenneth Chang Nuclear reactors have been generating power on Earth ...

NASA plans to build a nuclear power plant on the moon by the 2030s to support long-term human exploration. The project aims to address power needs during lunar nights and provide high-power energy for ...

Shangwei Liu is a research fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Gang He is an assistant ...

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power. While it might feel like a ...

"Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon" is not a headline I imagined reading before last week. Sure, as a sci-fi loving nerd, I could see a future where nuclear power played a role in ...