A British start-up has unveiled an ambitious project that could transform space exploration. Their idea? Using nuclear fusion ...

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 ...

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

Sunbird would be fitted with a Duel Direct Fusion Drive — a compact nuclear fusion engine which could provide both thrust and electrical power for spacecraft. Pulsar started building the ...

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

which is a compact nuclear fusion engine that provides thrust and power. When fired up, it would temporarily become the hottest place in the solar system, producing exhaust speeds of more than 500 ...

UK's Pulsar Fusion reveals Sunbird, a nuclear fusion rocket promising to cut Mars travel time in half. Could this be the ...

Pulsar Fusion says it foresees a compact nuclear fusion engine providing both thrust and electrical power for spacecraft, including as much as 2 MW of power on arrival at a destination. The company ...

Nuclear rockets are the future of space propulsion ... complete with a rendering of the fusion engine and point-to-point docking system. Once perched in a space dock, the sunbird would refuel ...