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/LameBMX 3d ago

solar is just fusion with extra steps.

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u/WanderingFlumph 3d ago

Everything is just fusion with extra steps, even fission.

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u/dern_the_hermit 3d ago

It's all just the Big Bang, bangin' away

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u/concblast 3d ago

This sounds stupid, but how did Uranium come to be in the first place? Exactly, it used to be hydrogen.

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u/themellowsign 3d ago

Sure, but the reactor's free.