A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that without launching nukes into space means getting creative. One day ...

When it comes to the future of space travel, nothing exceeds like excess. Pulsar Fusion hopes to demonstrate that axiom with its planned Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket, which is designed to travel ...

A possible nuclear explosion in space could threaten satellites, said John Plumb, US Secretary of Defense for Space Policy. This issue has become more pressing after Russia vetoed a United Nations ...

Narrator: Imagine if we detonated a nuclear bomb in space? Actually ... Radiation from the explosion would fry the circuits of hundreds of instruments in low-earth orbit. Including communication ...

Jon Chase explains the nuclear fusion that causes stars like our sun to give out enormous heat. Film footage of a nuclear explosion in ... is from the BBC series, Space Science Bites.

Strangelove" (1964). He also comments on what a nuclear explosion in outer space would really look like in comparison to Marvel's "The Avengers" (2012), starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans ...

UNITED NATIONS--Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, calling it ...