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Russia can use nuclear bullets to deal with meteors
A high-ranking Russian official in the space sector said the country could build heavy boosters to bring up nuclear warheads to deal with asteroids, which threaten the e…
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China builds a fourth generation nuclear power plant
A project to build a nuclear power plant will turn China into the first country to exploit a fourth generation reactor for commercial purposes.
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Space exploration with 19th-century motives
Researchers have experimented with a small version of a nuclear engine design that can help satellites explore deep into the universe.
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America intended to blow up the Moon
The US once planned to blow up the Moon with an atomic bomb in the 1950s.
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'Blowing away' asteroids threaten the earth with a nuclear bomb
Destroying meteorites that threaten Earth with atomic bombs sounds like a science fiction movie but can completely become a reality.
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What is the composition of the Sun?
The sun - the star in the solar system and the source of energy and natural light for the Earth. But few know exactly what constitutes the Sun.
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First recorded black hole
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) - the name of the telescope that the US launched into space on June 13 - directed cameras capable of capturing short w…
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Russia tested its astronaut nuclear engine
According to Skolkovo Innovation Center, which is called
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Large meteorite by bus has just approached the Earth
On Sunday (1/4), the 2012 EG5 meteorite with a diameter of 46m flew over Earth at a distance of 230,000km - closer than the distance between the Moon and Earth, but does…
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The first nuclear reactor uses new fuel
India is planning to build a nuclear power plant using new materials, thorium, which has a low radioactivity, safer than using uranium.
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Detecting moving particles 'faster than light'
Scientists from the European Atomic Research Organization say they have discovered a type of particle that can move faster than light.
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Prepare to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon
This issue was discussed and contributed to comments at the 242th National Conference and the American Chemical Society (ACS) exhibition held on August 28.
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Nuclear reactors can go to Mars
The first people to set foot on Mars will need nuclear power to survive on the red planet, US scientists say.
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Nuclear expert criticizes China's breakthrough
China has not been able to apply a technology to recycle nuclear fuel that has been used on a large scale, a senior expert from the International Atomic Energy Agency (I…