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France runs fusion reactor for record 22 minutes (newatlas.com)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They say "artificial sun" because that's what it is though, there's no fusion reactions here they're just microwaving hydrogen to millions of degrees to study the kind of thing that would happen IF somebody runs a fusion reactor for 22 minutes.