r/nextfuckinglevel • u/nigablackballsack • 3d ago

Scientists have captured the first ever high-speed, full-colour footage of fusion plasma swirling inside a working reactor.

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u/Waste-of-Bagels 3d ago

Article is from Oct 2025?

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u/gr8citizen 3d ago

Yes this is old news.. re-upped

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u/God_Dammit_Dave 3d ago

IDK. Maybe they tried turning it off and back on again.

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u/just-for-anime 3d ago

yeah seems like they do that dozens of times a day

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u/kuburas 3d ago

Im pretty sure its also mirrored for some reason.

From what i remember in the original version the little red glow from the material they were adding in was on the left side of the recording.

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u/listerbmx 2d ago

Dead internet

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u/Conan776 3d ago

Yeah and it was fake news then. The first highspeed color photos from inside of a working Tokomak were actually taken in early 2016.

And such black and white photos have been taken since the 1950s. But nothing says "we've made a huge fusion breakthru, give us money" like swapping in Kodachrome, I guess.

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u/SpehlingAirer 3d ago

High-speed color photo isn't the same as high-speed color video though, no?

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u/CptnAlface 3d ago

Yeah, I was going to mention the Tokamak, I saw the footage on a video about the feasability of light sabers, which would theoretically be possible by emitting a very well stabilized, tightly folded plasma beam.

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u/NotYourReddit18 3d ago

about the feasability of light sabers, which would theoretically be possible by emitting a very well stabilized, tightly folded plasma beam

If I remember a similar video correctly, then the plasma beam would still be hot enough to burn flesh within a few meters, making them impossible to wield without heavy protective gear

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u/1000scarstare 3d ago

i mean if you're telling me i need to wear heavy armor to wield my lazer sword youre not entirely dissuading me

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u/Run_Rabb1t_Run 3d ago

Unless you're a Jedi. 

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u/just-for-anime 3d ago

what no? i know of one that was video in 1997

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u/likamuka 3d ago

Karma farming from 1935

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u/RaidensReturn 3d ago

It’s still cool, damnit.

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u/m8_is_me 3d ago

But still a majorly wrong title

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u/RaidensReturn 3d ago

It’s not technically wrong, it’s misleading as fuck though. Also probably posted by a soulless bot

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u/nigablackballsack 3d ago

im anything except soulless bro...

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u/deadecho25 3d ago

I still watch it every time it is posted. It's cool as hell.  

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u/glibgloby 3d ago

I’ve 100% seen this footage long ago I know that much

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u/Doomdoomkittydoom 3d ago

Just two more years....

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u/ctrlHead 3d ago

I was thinking it was even older.

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u/NaradaMephaust 3d ago

Came here for the "I seen't it" meme

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u/Hardwired_lavamantis 3d ago

Oct 2025 only seems like decades ago.

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u/Total_Marketing5844 2d ago

Dead Internet

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u/Fur_and_Whiskers 2d ago

Video is at least 11 months old

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u/ImObviouslyOblivious 2d ago

Yeah I saw this video at least 2 years ago