Isar Aerospace, based in Germany, is the first in a crop of new European rocket companies to attempt an orbital launch. If ...

Fusion has long been the propulsion end-goal for interplanetary travel, and a U.K.-based company thinks on its way to ...

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The rocket's frozen exhaust plume appears to be spinning in the atmosphere and reflecting the sunlight,' the Met Office ...

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After ten years of quiet research, Pulsar Fusion has unveiled a nuclear fusion-powered rocket called the Sunbird. This spacecraft isn’t just another science fiction concept—it’s being designed to fly ...

The Sunbird concept is for the fusion-powered ‘tugs’ to be permanently based in space, able to dock with spacecraft and ...

and exhaust strokes. The film also introduces rotary engines, including steam turbines and gas turbines, and explains the principles of reaction engines, such as jet and rocket engines ...

UK startup Pulsar Fusion today unveiled “Sunbird,” a nuclear fusion-powered rocket ... the engine could temporarily become the hottest place in the solar system, creating exhaust speeds ...

In 2023 Pulsar Fusion formed a partnership with US-based Princeton Satellite Systems to use artificial intelligence to design a hyper-fast space rocket, with the aim being to create a deep space ...

A strange "illuminated swirl" was spotted in the night sky on Monday, leading many to wonder what was causing it.