Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory are harnessing the power of computers to ...

Nuclear fusion is crucial in a star ... forming process begins once again to complete the stellar life cycle. Finally, remnant stars with a mass of less than 2.2–2.9 solar masses—known ...

"We are able to make miniature stars, 'cause fusion is the same reaction that powers the Sun and stars," said Tammy Ma, who leads the Fusion Energy Initiative at the National Ignition Facility ...

Physicists call the reactions "fusion" because protons that originally formed the nucleus of hydrogen atoms fuse together to make the nuclei of heavier atoms. In a star like the Sun, four atoms of ...

Replicating the nuclear fusion process requires a similar way to overcome the Coulomb barrier, but in lieu of even a small-sized star like our ... allow for about 1 cycle per second.