Why did they form at that time? Astronomers know from observing distant exploding stars that the size of the universe has ...

Seconds after the Big Bang, the newborn universe gave rise to the first elements—ionized forms of hydrogen and helium. These particles combined, forging helium hydride—the first ever molecule. It ...

Newly introduced legislation in Congress seeks to empower U.S. competitiveness by extending the federal Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit (Section 45X) to cover critical components used in ...

The recent Lawrence Livermore breakthrough, in which scientists created more energy from a fusion reaction than it took to create it, has uses applicable to space exploration. Fusion, harnessing the ...

"Gives us a much clearer picture." US energy company makes breakthrough in effort to recreate sun's power: 'Real-world tests' ...

With nuclear fusion in the news, we look to the sun. An old hand at the process, it squeezed its first hydrogen atoms together 4.6 billion years ago. On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar ...

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To find advanced civilizations, you don’t need to go hunting for megastructures or hypothetical space probes. You could find civilizations just a few centuries ahead of us by looking for a key element ...

Four times now, researchers have produced a fleeting burst of fusion energy, an encouraging sign for making this zero-carbon energy source a reality. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...