{"id":207851,"date":"2022-12-14T12:25:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T11:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=207851"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:15:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:15:46","slug":"nasa-explains-how-solar-energy-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/nasa-explains-how-solar-energy-works\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA explains how solar energy works with an online game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NASA<\/a> has achieved a magnificent milestone that they\u2019ve been working on for decades. After several experiments with laser beams<\/strong>, they managed to obtain nuclear fusion<\/a>. To better explain how solar energy works and how we can harness it, you can check out the Helios browser game<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s first look at the NASA announcement<\/a> about the achievement. Since 1950, scientists have been working on developing nuclear fusion<\/strong> as a way to produce cleaner energy that doesn\u2019t harm the environment. It happens naturally on suns and other stars when two atoms collide. Recently, NASA appears to finally have some progression in this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experiment consisted of 192 laser beams shooting at a single target<\/strong> of fuel made up of hydrogen isotopes. A diamond shell encased this fuel pellet<\/a>. What resulted was more energy coming out of the pellet than going in, which is exactly what was needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You see, the nuclear fusion between hydrogen atoms<\/strong> in space releases clean energy as a result. As they say, energy can\u2019t be created or destroyed, only transferred. So when these atoms collide, the resultant energy needs to go somewhere. And human beings want to replicate this action so we can harness that resultant energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, shooting 192 laser beams<\/strong> to make that energy<\/a> isn\u2019t ideal. It\u2019s a start, though. It shows us that we\u2019re well on our way to being able to make nuclear fusion happen for a brighter, healthier, cleaner future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re still confused, go check out that Helios browser game<\/a>. You start by connecting two protons <\/strong>to make a neutron and then add two more protons to the neutron to make an atom. When you have two atoms ready, you simply throw them together to cause the nuclear fusion explosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Doctor Octavius said in Spiderman 2: The power of the sun in the palm of [our hands].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NASA has achieved a magnificent milestone that they\u2019ve been working on for decades. After several experiments with laser beams, they managed to obtain nuclear fusion. To better explain how solar energy works and how we can harness it, you can check out the Helios browser game. Let\u2019s first look at the NASA announcement about the … Continue reading “NASA explains how solar energy works with an online game”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":207853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[1617,1572],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-207851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-gaming","tag-nasa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322757,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207851\/revisions\/322757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207851"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=207851"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=207851"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=207851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}