A UK startup has unveiled a new fusion-powered space rocket concept called Sunbird for interplanetary travel to Mars — and beyond.

offering the potential to power spacecraft at unprecedented speeds. Pulsar Fusion's ambitious goal is to construct the largest and most practical nuclear fusion rocket engine to date. Their 8 ...

The new Russian rocket engine achieves higher acceleration than chemical rockets by using magnetic plasma accelerators, ...

While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet ... While they do have the power to get spacecraft to Mars and beyond, they require a lot of fuel to do ...

NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...

Electromagnetic Systems has successfully tested nuclear fuel that could power future rapid space missions, including trips to ...

After all, the goal of many is to lower the amount of weight each rocket has ... using creating a nuclear engine that is as light as a feather. Nuclear reactors could power the next generation ...

Developed by Rosatom’s Troitsk Institute, the new technology could drastically reduce current space travel durations, which ...

A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom scientists, who say it could slash travel time to Mars to one or two ...

All of them face unresolved questions around nuclear waste. But the low-carbon electricity provided by existing nuclear power plants is increasingly valuable in the fight against climate change.