In late 2025, Texas teen Aidan McMillan made headlines for achieving nuclear fusion at just 12 years old. But before him, ...
Pulsar Fusion achieved what it calls a world’s first on March 25, 2026, firing up plasma inside its Sunbird nuclear fusion ...
Booth is a reporter at TIME. Booth is a reporter at TIME. When Sam Altman arrived at Helion Energy’s small Redmond, Wash., office in early 2014, nuclear-fusion textbooks tucked under his arm, the ...
Nuclear fusion originates in our sun and other stars. Immense pressure and high temperatures in the core create a reaction, ultimately preventing it from collapsing under the force of gravity. "The ...
MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro was shot and killed two days ago. He lead the MIT Plasma Science Department and was working with Commonwealth fusion. Commonwealth Fusion is one of the leading nuclear ...