Articles related to "Nuclear Fusion"

In nuclear fusion reactions light atoms such as hydrogen fuse into heavier elements. In nuclear fission reactions heavy atoms such as uranium split.

You are recycled stardust. The atoms in our bodies were manufactured in stars or supernovae and recycled by supernova explosions.

"We are made of star stuff...atoms heavier than hydrogen were created in the interiors of stars and then expelled into space to be incorporated into later stars."

The film takes place in the future on an outpost on the moon where people are harnessing a new source of energy called Helium-3.

The fact that Earth is a rocky planet is a large reason it is capable of supporting life. The heavy elements necessary for this were created in stars and supernovae.

LASER has become a common household word, but what does it mean?

The lightest four elements on the periodic table were made in nuclear fusion reactions shortly after the big bang.

Astronomers and biologists both frequently use the term evolution, but don't mean exactly the same thing.

The creation of brown dwarfs has long been a mystery. Scientists have now found evidence that sheds light on these failed stars.

Stellar spectral classification helps astrophysicists understand the lives of stars.

There are a number of alternative sources of energy and environmentally friendly fuels available to combat the damage to the environment caused by Fossil Fuels.

Understanding the sun, solar systems, and the universe is a constant and intense quest of astronomers. Spectroscopes and Fraunhofer's lines reveal the universal elements.

Earthlings may not have to lose sleep just yet, but here are four ways that show how life on Earth would come to an end.

Twenty years ago two scientists said they had produced cold nuclear fusion, but nobody could repeat their work; now there is renewed interest in the science.

Stars produce all of the heavier elements in our universe. They also exhibit life-cycles of their own.

The Sun, our nearest star and the center of our solar system, is a giant burning collection of gases. Brush up on your solar facts.

Moscow's All-Russia Exhibition Centre is a former 1950's Stalinist style park, which is still operating today. It's a good place to soak up the communist atmosphere.

Most people are aware of the destructive force held within an atomic weapon, but what are physical forces are conspiring in order to cause such a violent explosion?

NASA released preliminary data confirming the results of 3 separate studies published in Science last September that there is some detectable water on the lunar surface.

NASA deployed the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) to find water or ice at the south pole of the moon.