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NASA’s new nuclear engine could transform space travel forever

NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft.
CNN

NASA to test nuclear thermal rocket engine for the first time in 50 years

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A nuclear thermal ...
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New research shows promise of liquids as thermal conductors

Imagine a device that lets you move heat very quickly from one place to another, yet needs no power, no electricity, no pumps ...
Fox News

NASA and DARPA to develop nuclear thermal rocket engine that may put humans on Mars: reports

NASA is partnering with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, to use a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, according to reports. In a press release on Tuesday, NASA said the ...

A 200-Year-Old Law of Physics Breaks Down at the Atomic Scale

Almost exactly 200 years ago, French physicist Sadi Carnot determined the maximum efficiency of heat engines. The Carnot ...
Jalopnik

Nissan Says It Has Reached A Breakthrough In Engine Thermal Efficiency

Many automakers are on a mission to make their internal combustion engines better at turning fuel into energy. Friday, Nissan says that it reached a breakthrough to reach 50 percent thermal efficiency ...
CNET

Nissan claims it's made a more thermally efficient gas engine, but there's a catch

Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the Pacific Northwest, but has long called Los Angeles home. He's had a lifelong obsession with cars and motorcycles (both old and new). One of the cool ...
KITV

NASA to test nuclear thermal rocket engine for the first time in 50 years

A nuclear thermal rocket engine in development could one day transport humans to Mars. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a research arm of the US Department of Defense, and NASA are ...