A company has engineered a rocket powered by fuel from the stars. With its 500,000 MPH potential, this rocket will take us to ...

Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet to our solar system that is thought to be within the habitable zone of its star.

Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet that could be in the habitable zone of its star. Therefore, it has garnered ...

Scientists have proposed two experimental spacecraft that could reach one of the farthest known objects in the solar system ...

Sedna will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, giving us a rare opportunity to visit the planetoid before it drifts ...

ITER has devised the technology that could unlock fusion energy, and they've done so with the aid of a 60-foot magnet. Here's how it works.

Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) has stood as a promising potential alternative propulsion technology for decades. Chemical rockets have begun to reach their theoretical maximum efficiency, and ...

The Sunbird Migratory Transfer Vehicle, a nuclear fusion rocket concept by Pulsar Fusion, is designed to revolutionize the way humans travel to space, cutting in half the time it takes to get from ...

329,000 MPH fusion rocket to Pluto in 4 years? Sunbird's tech is poised to disrupt space travel, opening up future deep-space missions.

The British company plans to begin in-orbit testing of Sunbird's dual direct fusion engine in late 2025, meaning that nuclear fusion is planned to make its debut sometime in 2027.

Sunbird’s nuclear rocket engine will use helium-3, a rare form of hydrogen, to fuel fusion reactions that produce energetic protons. These protons would shoot out of the back of the engine ...

Rockets are a major part of American aviation and a common hobby in the form of model rockets, but where did the modern rocket engine start?