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Researchers Confirm Scientific Ignition in Major Step Toward Nuclear Fusion

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Researchers Confirm Scientific Ignition in Major Step Toward Nuclear Fusion
Lasers, going where no one has gone before. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Katie Spence
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On Aug. 8, 2021, scientists took a laser the size of three football fields and focused all 192 of its beams of light on a capsule of hydrogen the size of a BB pellet.

When 192 laser beams focus on an area that size, it creates temperatures of more than 100 million degrees and pressure of more than 100 billion times the Earth’s atmosphere—conditions similar to that of a star.

Katie Spence
Katie Spence
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Katie Spence is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times who covers energy, climate, and Colorado politics. She has also covered medical industry censorship and government collusion. Ms. Spence has more than 10 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including The Motley Fool and The Maverick Observer. She can be reached at: [email protected]
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