Theoretically, Sunbird's tremendous speeds could cut mission times to Mars in half, from seven to eight months to about four.

Imagine the bizarre and potentially deadly environment of a planet orbiting a rapidly spinning neutron star (pulsar).

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

For the newly discovered pulsar, known as PSR J1719-1438, the astronomers noticed that the arrival times of the pulses were systematically modulated. They concluded that this was due to the ...

Pulsar Fusion’s proprietary Migratory Transfer ... making human missions to the Red Planet safer and more feasible. Shorter journeys reduce astronaut exposure to cosmic radiation, a major ...

British company Pulsar Fusion said it has developed the ... This would differ hugely to current space rockets which launch from a planet but the Sunbird will be stored in an orbital dock.