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Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds (www.livescience.com)
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48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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[โ€“] malloc@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Hotter than the surface of the sun by a factor of ~18000.

Hotter than the suns core by a factor of ~7.

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/temperatures-across-our-solar-system/#hds-sidebar-nav-1

People talk about Icarus flying too close to the sun. Motherfuckers are recreating it in labs ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hotter than yo mama โ€ฆ. Wait a minute

[โ€“] rigatti@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Just barely though...