A tiny star burned in China for nearly 18 minutes. Scientists at the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor in Hefei have sustained a fusion reaction for 1,066 seconds - more than doubling their previous record of 403 seconds.

The experimental reactor's main goal is to create nuclear fusion like the Sun, using deuterium from the sea to provide a steady stream of clean energy.

Scientists just set a new record in attempts to create an 'artificial Sun' down here on planet Earth. The team behind the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) in China kept their fusion drive running for more than 1,

Scientists have taken a significant step toward the dream of virtually limitless clean energy. Researchers at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) have achieved a groundbreaking milestone: keeping an artificial sun,

Since starting operation in 2006, EAST has been an open test platform for Chinese and international scientists to conduct fusion-related experiments.