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

Theoretically, Sunbird's tremendous speeds could cut mission times to Mars in half, from seven to eight months to about four.

Elon Musk and Donald Trump aim to reach Mars and want to do so in the next few years. Well, the British aerospace company ...

The future of interplanetary travel is looking brighter, thanks to the new Sunbird nuclear-powered rocket designed by Pulsar ...

Temperatures can hit absolute zero, and there’s no air to mess with the reaction. Fusion in orbit doesn’t need to run constantly either. Pulsar’s rocket engine burns for short bursts—just enough to ...

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.

Now Pulsar Fusion, a UK-based start-up, has demonstrated two designs of prototype rocket engine and is rapidly advancing ...

A revolution in spaceflight is in the offing. British startup Pulsar Fusion has unveiled its nuclear fusion-powered rocket, ...

Meanwhile, the design features of the Duel Direct Fusion Drive engines are not disclosed. They have not been properly tested either. A number of scientists, such as MIT professor of astronautics Paulo ...

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

A fusion rocket, for example ... which also develops plasma thrusters and is designed for more near-term fission engines as well, described the project to Live Science as one of “complete ...

Fusion in orbit doesn’t need to run constantly either. Pulsar’s rocket engine burns for short bursts—just enough to generate thrust and move a payload. The DDFD engine uses a fuel mix of ...