: a process in which the nuclei of atoms are joined
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Supernovas occur when massive stars run out of fuel for nuclear fusion, effectively ending their lives.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
14 Oct. 2026 Fusion equations meet robotics In nuclear fusion research, Google worked with University of Maryland professor Matt Landreman to identify a broader class of counterexamples to Grad’s conjecture, a mathematical hypothesis dating to 1967.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2026 Deep in a star’s core, nuclear fusion pumps out heat and light, which slowly filters up to the star’s surface.—Quanta Magazine,
14 Sep. 2026 As part of its nuclear fusion processes, the Sun produces a particularly interesting isotope of helium, known as helium-3.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nuclear fusion