fission
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In one scenario, a rapidly spinning massive star explodes and splits into two smaller neutron stars through a process called fission.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
"We therefore needed an energy acceptor that selectively captures the multiplied triplet excitons after fission."
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
Today, all of the world’s nuclear energy is generated from fission, the process of splitting the nucleus of an atom.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
The fusion process creates energy by joining atoms together, while nuclear fission creates energy when atoms are split apart.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
A New York Daily News editorial guessed that this was a hydrogen bomb, perhaps five to ten times as powerful as the fission bomb that destroyed the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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