nuclear fusion

noun

physics
: a process in which the nuclei of atoms are joined

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While those stars burn, nuclear fusion exhorts an outward push to counter the gravitational pull of the star’s own mass. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025 Cosmic lighthouses Pulsars, like all neutron stars, are born when stars at least eight times as massive as the sun run out of their fuel supply needed for nuclear fusion and can no longer support themselves against the inward push of their own gravity. Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025 As these balls of gas grow, their internal gravitational pressure and heat build to unthinkable levels, causing nuclear fusion to fire up in their cores, and stars are born. Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2025 By 2030, there could be the same kind of financial interest in nuclear fusion as there is in AI right now, investor Matt Trevithick of Leitmotif said at a conference on Wednesday. Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nuclear fusion

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