A British propulsion company is aiming to harness nuclear fusion and drastically cut travel times to far off places in space.

Lawmakers introduced a package of bills to support nuclear fusion research, in hopes of creating a nuclear "Silicon Valley" ...

Traditional hydrogen bombs work through nuclear fusion, a process where atomic nuclei combine under intense pressure to ...

It’s unrecognizable, perhaps, because most of our “nuclear” images stem from the nuclear fission—associated with power plants and atom bombs. But someday, fusion could power the Earth and ...

Nuclear fission is fizzling, despite being pitched by the federal Coalition. But some Australian investors are betting big on that other nuclear tech – fusion energy.

In April 2023, we reported on federal efforts to streamline fusion energy regulations. At that time, the Commissioners of the ...

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 destination at breakneck speed using nuclear ...

But where the NIF uses lasers to compress the fuel pellet, Pacific Fusion plans to send a massive pulse of electricity into a ...

Nuclear fusion is different from nuclear fission, which is what powers current nuclear power plants. Fission works by splitting heavy, radioactive elements like uranium into lighter ones ...