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Artificial Sun made by China reaches fusion temperatures thrice that of the real Sun

Yes you read it right, there is artificial Sun and it is made by China. Recently Researchers from China's Hefei Institutes of Physical Sciences announced that China’s ‘artificial sun’ just became the hottest known nuclear fusion experiment on Earth — literally, with the plasma reaching 100 million degrees Celsius.
For some perspective, our solar system’s real Sun is only about 15 million degrees Celsius in comparison. 


The comparison in itself is mind-blowing, the temperature also has another important significance for nuclear energy researchers: 100 million degrees Celsius is thought to be the minimum temperature needed for self-sustaining nuclear fusion on Earth.

China has plans to send an Artificial Sun and Moon in space.

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