thermonuclear fusion
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While most elements in the universe are forged inside stars through thermonuclear fusion, the heaviest elements, such as gold, platinum or uranium, need a special creation process.
From Scientific American • May 22, 2023
And they are reasonably sure that, after several hundred million years, the densest of the growing clumps began to form the first stars, which ignited by thermonuclear fusion and reionized the neutral gas that remained.
From Nature • May 29, 2013
Astronomers knew in broad terms that stars are born in thick, interstellar gas clouds, when gravity pulls the gas into hot, dense knots that ignite with thermonuclear fusion.
From Nature • Mar. 20, 2013
Like the U.S., the U.S.S.R. is counting on thermonuclear fusion, which is cleaner and safer than fission, as the long-term answer to its power needs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Looking further into the future, the report stresses thermonuclear fusion, the process that causes hydrogen bombs to explode.
From Time Magazine Archive
