NASA is backing a new generation of nuclear rockets that could compress the months-long journey to Mars into a sprint ...

I’ve grown up with rockets that burn chemical fuel, but NASA’s next big leap in propulsion could make those engines look as dated as steam trains. By turning to nuclear power in space, the agency is ...

Nuclear engineering has demonstrated vast potential for growth in power generation, medicine, industrial processes, plasmas, space technologies and national defense. The field will become even more ...