It is an unbelievable achievement by a human being. A Man-Made Sun experiment in China has successfully produced long pulse plasma discharge at a temperature of more than 50 million degrees. It is the longest discharge at such a high temperature.

The light and heat of the Sun come from two of hydrogen’s radioactive isotopes such as deuterium and tritium. These release a huge amount of energy during the process of fusion into a helium atom. The artificial sun imitates this fusion process.

This Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak, an artificial sun experiment was developed by Hefei Institute of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Science, who realized a ultra-high temperature long pulse plasma discharge for 102 seconds as of now.

“An artificial sun can provide limitless clean energy through controlled thermonuclear fusion,” Xu Jiannan, from the China Academy of Engineering Physics, said.