Fusion

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  • Eta Carinae pre supernova

    How the Universe Made the Stuff That Made Us

     When our Universe was in its infancy, the only element it contained was hydrogen, the simplest one—not nearly enough by itself to create interesting things like planets and people. By the time things cooled sufficiently for the single proton in each hydrogen atom to pair with a negatively charged electron, about 92 percent of the […]
  • Article Recirculation Lead Image

    Will Fusion Energy Ever Come Together?

    It may well make more sense to improve an already proven technology—fission.