Richard Feynman, a famous theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize, said that if he could pass on only one piece of ...

The helium and deuterium — a heavier form of hydrogen — nuclei formed even earlier, just a few minutes after the Big Bang, when the temperature was above 1 billion F (556 million C).

Two protons and a neutron A discrepancy between two different measurements of the charge radius of the helium-3 nucleus may have been reconciled. (Courtesy: Shutterstock) Independent measurements of ...

A record has been set at the Wendelstein 7-X research facility. The researchers see this as progress towards the commercial use of nuclear fusion.

Hubble spotted a rare off-center black hole shredding a star, revealing the first optical discovery of a wandering ...

The process generates a helium nucleus and a neutron is also released along with large volumes of usable energy. With fusion, one gram of combustible fuel could generate 90,000 kilowatt hours of ...

What actually is 'nuclear fusion' energy and what does it mean for people in Nottinghamshire? We've answered some of these key questions ...