Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear fusion, pffft. It’s basically when two atoms join forces, smashing together to create a single, bigger atom. It’s the same process that powers the sun, and it requires incredibly high temperatures – like millions of degrees! But don’t worry, you don’t have to be a scientific genius to understand it. All you need to know is that it’s really, really hard to get this reaction going. It takes a ton of energy, and scientists have been trying to figure out how to do it for years. Fun fact: the world’s first nuclear fusion reactor was built in the 1950s in the UK, but it only produced enough energy to light a single lightbulb!