At the center of this image made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a very young and powerful pulsar, known as PSR B1509-58, or B1509 for short. Celestial lighthouse: NASA describes a pulsar ...

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

The VERITAS result doesn't fit with standard models of pulsar emission. The pulsar is surrounded by a plasma-filled superconducting magnetosphere that rotates rigidly with the star except where ...

Pulsar Fusion has unveiled its "Sunbird" concept, an innovative means of propulsion that promises to redefine space travel as we know it and bring dreams of a spacefaring future a step closer.

When it comes to the future of space travel, nothing exceeds like excess. Pulsar Fusion hopes to demonstrate that axiom with its planned Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket, which is designed to travel ...

Pulsar Fusion, however, has a track record of delivering real-world results. The company has already demonstrated success in nuclear fission-electric propulsion, backed by the UK Space Agency ...

With funding from the UK Space Agency, British startup Pulsar Fusion has unveiled Sunbird, a space rocket concept designed to meet spacecraft in orbit, attach to them, and carry them to their ...