A study found that these cosmic bodies appear to hold up remarkably well to sudden energy deposition and shock conditions, so we may be able to knock them off course and avoid disaster.

NASA is seriously considering using a nuclear explosion in space to prevent a potential asteroid collision with the Moon in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4, once thought to pose a risk to Earth, now has a ...

The United States flew a reactor in space in the 1960s and has studied nuclear thermal propulsion for decades. Fuel is not the primary limitation either; the enriched uranium supply chain is ...