China claim their ‘Artificial Sun’ will be ready this year
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Earlier Chinese researchers announced the Advanced Superconducting Tokamak reactor, an ‘artificial sun’ designed to mimic the nuclear fusion process the real Sun uses to generate energy, had hit a milestone. Now, they claim they'll wrap up construction on a new artificial sun this year, and it will be able to hit a milestone in ion temperature, putting us one step closer to harnessing the power of nuclear fusion.