China's artificial sun five times hotter than real sun
China set a record for the highest heat ever recorded. Scientists created a 70,000,000ÂșC "artificial sun". The record was for keeping the heat at a temperature five times hotter than the sun for more than 17 minutes. The heat was created in a nuclear fusion reactor. The reactor is part of a project called EAST. It reproduces the reactions that happen inside our sun. The scientists are developing the artificial sun to get a near-endless supply of clean energy. The EAST project has cost more than $950 billion. That will be over $1 trillion later this year. |