Are They Just Making Me, What Are They Doing?

What is thermonuclear fusion? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice break down the Department of Energy’s breakthrough, thermonuclear fusion at the center of stars, supernovae, and how stars are born.

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NASA/ESA/ESO/Wolfram Freudling et al. (STECF)

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