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

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

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

A rendering of a Sunbird rocket detaching from its station to dock onto an approaching spacecraft. Pulsar Fusion via YouTube A U.K. startup called Pulsar Fusion has recently unveiled a project it ...

In April 2023, we reported on federal efforts to streamline fusion energy regulations. At that time, the Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to approve a proposal ...

Well, the British aerospace company Pulsar Fusion would be willing to reach the red planet in record time with a nuclear fusion rocket called Sunbird, which would be the fastest self-propelled ...

Producing Nuclear Fusion Fuel Is Banned in the US for Being Too Toxic, but These Researchers Found an Alternative Mar. 20, 2025 — Lithium-6 is essential for producing nuclear fusion fuel ...

As the US and China exchange trade war salvos, concerns are rising that the decoupling could soon extend to the two sides' fruitful fusion energy coo ...

Fusion startups have a tough row to hoe ... But after spending $2 billion getting AVLIS ready to produce uranium for nuclear power plants, the Cold War ended and thousands of tons of nuclear ...

A group of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Realta Fusion, a Madison-based nuclear startup, have developed a fusion device in Stoughton that creates the same kind of ...