Why we don't have fusion power plants yet, and what it'll take to get clean, limitless energy to market

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The National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U), a large circular device surrounded by a platform and steps leading to it
The National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U) at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

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A giant eruption covered 'over half the sun,' then crashed into Earth nearly 12 hours earlier than forecast

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sun solar surface side by side images left shows the full orange disk with a giant loop of plasma circled and a green arrow pointing to that loop on the right in a purple close-up
This filament formed on the sun, then erupted to send solar material speeding toward Earth.

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory

This Week's Toy News Is Full of Spiders, Grasshoppers, and Miners

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Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's weekly roundup of the coolest toy news around the internet. This week, Hot Toys delves into Kamen Rider, Bandai debuts its chonky new Godzilla, and NECA’s Gargoyles line gives us the Iron Man Jonathan Frakes of our dreams. Check it out!

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The International Space Station is hiding in this mind-blowing photo, as it passes the sun. Can you spot it?

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ISS in 2022.
The International Space Station orbits 250 miles above Earth.

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NASA video shows a giant churning tornado on the sun as tall as 14 Earths, hurling plasma into space

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A video taken on March 17, 2023 shows a solar tornado spinning above the sun's surface.
A video taken on March 17, 2023 shows a solar tornado spinning above the sun's surface.

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I make about $6,500 donating plasma over 100 times a year, but I don't do it for the money

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A person at a blood donation center, donating plasma.
You can donate plasma more often than blood.

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Donating plasma is a great side hustle — my husband and I made $1,500 in our first month

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NASA videos reveal explosive events on the sun: a polar vortex of plasma, an X flare, and an eruption from the north pole

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video shows sun rotating ball of red plasma with a filament emerging from the top then breaking away and swirling around the north pole
A prominence emerges near the solar north pole, then appears to break away and swirl in a vortex.

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory

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