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thermonuclear reaction



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This thermonuclear reaction creates vast amounts of light and heat, allowing our home star to shine.

From Scientific American • Nov. 10, 2023

It’s the thermonuclear reaction that powers the sun and other stars — the fusing of hydrogen atoms into helium.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2022

Fusion is the thermonuclear reaction that powers the sun and other stars — the fusing of hydrogen atoms into helium.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022

Opatrný says using the radiation from accretion disks would be particularly clever, because the disks convert energy more efficiently than the thermonuclear reaction in conventional stars.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 16, 2021

At some time during its first years, Mercury had been so close to the sun that its temperature was driven high enough to permit a subatomic thermonuclear reaction.

From Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)