A nuclear fusion rocket could be the key to unlocking speedy flights in space exploration, and one company hopes to test it as early as 2027.

Unlike conventional chemical rockets, Sunbird relies on nuclear fusion – a process that replicates the energy production at the core of stars – to propel spacecraft.

A British propulsion company is aiming to harness nuclear fusion and drastically cut travel times to far off places in space.

VISIONS of leaving Earth and launching humanity further into the cosmos are enough to get anyone starry-eyed. But the ...

British company Pulsar Fusion has revealed its plan for the Sunbird, a nuclear fusion-based rocket aiming to drastically cut ...

Despite a long history of attempts, and several breakthroughs, the dream hasn’t turned to reality yet, and we’re likely many ...

An international team of astronomers reports the detection of four new gamma-ray millisecond pulsars using the Murriyang ...

A neutron star is defying the rules of the universe, emitting radio pulses from both its ends while moving extremely slowly.

A SECRET space nuke could help Britain colonise Mars and even travel to the other side of the Solar System. The Sunbird is ...

Pulsar Fusion believes the Sunbird fusion-powered propulsion system would transform interplanetary travel by reaching the Red Planet in under six months. The Bletchley-based firm says they are ...

U.K. start-up Pulsar Fusion has unveiled plans to build a fleet of reusable nuclear fusion-powered rockets, known as Sunbirds ...