For the first time in history, net energy has been released from a controlled nuclear fusion reaction on Earth. This was achieved by the National Ignition Facility on the 5th of December 2022 using Inertial Confinement Fusion. This video will show you how they did it and what it really means. Animations courtesy of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8NdT4Yq2DvwT5liJ9QAJbA Sources: https://www.iop.org/sites/default/files/2019-06/inertial-confinement-lancaster.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/239139a0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goLgvgM2orE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_confinement_fusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ignition_Facility https://twitter.com/JB_Fusion/status/1602672485123645440?cxt=HHwWgICz8ciI670sAAAA Thanks to the Fusion community on Reddit for the help! r/Fusion #fusion #energy #breakthrough