The recent Lawrence Livermore breakthrough, in which scientists created more energy from a fusion reaction than it took to create it, has uses applicable to space exploration. Fusion, harnessing the ...

Seconds after the Big Bang, the newborn universe gave rise to the first elements—ionized forms of hydrogen and helium. These particles combined, forging helium hydride—the first ever molecule. It ...

Michael Hua, director of nuclear, chemical, and materials engineering at Helion Energy, spoke with UW engineers about ...

Polaris becomes first privately funded fusion energy machine to operate with deuterium-tritium fuel, sets record with plasma temperatures of 150 million degrees Celsius EVERETT, Wash., February 13, ...

Over 43 startups companies are working on nuclear fusion and they have received over $6 billion in funding. This does not include the international and national Tokomak fusion programs. The IEEE ...

One of the next private companies to attempt a moon landing in the new year will be the Japanese iSpace, due for a launch no earlier than January 2025. Its first attempt met with failure in April 2023 ...

Immediately after the Big Bang, which occurred around 13.8 billion years ago, the universe was dominated by unimaginably high temperatures and densities. However, after just a few seconds, it had ...

Under the interaction between the boundary plasma of the fusion reactor and the material, deuterium and tritium will penetrate through the first wall and enter the coolant inside, increasing the fuel ...

To find advanced civilizations, you don’t need to go hunting for megastructures or hypothetical space probes. You could find civilizations just a few centuries ahead of us by looking for a key element ...

EVERETT, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Helion, a Washington-based fusion energy company, announced that its Polaris prototype has set new fusion industry benchmarks, becoming the first privately developed ...