UK startup Pulsar Fusion just revealed a nuclear fusion-powered rocket that could halve travel time across the solar system.

There are some potentially valid criticism about the Nuclear Salt Water Rocket (NSWR). The criticisms highlight real physical constraints. A hydrogenous mixture will moderate neutrons, preventing a ...

The Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket concept has the potential to more than halve the time to travel to Mars and cut travel time ...

On Episode 152 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik host Dr. Robert O'Brien, Director of the Universities Space ...

An asteroid strike on Earth could exceed the destructive power of an all-out nuclear war, triggering ... [+] earthquakes, tsunamis and wildfires that crisscross continents. (Illustration by Tobias ...

Seventy years ago, in the early years of the Cold War, East and West were locked in a nuclear arms race. The UK government needed somewhere to test its first rockets capable of carrying a nuclear ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA’s manned mission to Mars would take seven months with the current technology we ...

While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet, it’s an important step on the journey. This latest batch of tests was conducted at the compact fuel element ...

KUSHIMOTO, Wakayama Prefecture--A site originally envisaged for a nuclear power plant is now on course to become the nation’s first private-sector launch pad for small rockets. The launch pad ...