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Alphabet's Google said on Monday it has struck a deal to buy power from a project in Virginia fueled by fusion, the reaction ...

Whether some grow too heavy to hold together and split, or fission, forming two atoms of lighter but still heavy elements (and releasing tremendous energy) has remained a mystery for a half century.

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Rather than split atoms as in a fission reactor, a fusion reactor collides hydrogen isotopes together to produce helium and heat. The same process occurs in stars.

By figuring out fission, physicists were able to split uranium atoms and release massive amounts of energy. This Manhattan Project work paved the way both for atomic bombs and nuclear power reactors.