China Builds An 'Artificial Sun' That Reaches Temperatures SIX TIMES Hotter Than The Core Of The Sun

China is all about the artificial celestial bodies at the moment. Just weeks after we learnt the country was making a fake moon, we're learning that its earth-based sun simulator is producing temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius. The core of the actual Sun reaches around 15 million degrees Celsius so this artificial sun is considerably hotter.


At 100 million degrees celsius it's possible to force charged deuterium and tritium particles together to get them to fuse. Usually these particles repel each other, making fusion impossible without massive internal temperatures. Deuterium and tritium are isotopes of hydrogen and there's a plentiful supply available to use. One company Tokamak Energy claims that it's possible to create fusion reactors for power generation by 2030.





EAST currently has the world record for sustaining a reaction in the Tokamak. Scientists achieved what's called a steady-state H-mode for 101.2 seconds back in 2017.