Satellites revealed the construction of a massive nuclear fusion research center in China.

Satellite images reveal four remote "arms" of the building, which may house laser compartments and a central experimental chamber with a target chamber containing hydrogen isotopes.

A similar design is implemented at the world's largest research center for nuclear fusion — the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California. In 2022, they achieved what is known as burning plasma for the first time.

The new Chinese facility, whose experimental chamber will be approximately 50% larger than that of the NIF, is designed for a single purpose — to deliver energy in the form of ultraviolet light into the chamber and focus this energy onto targets made of frozen deuterium, creating immense pressure and temperature at the point of concentration, where deuterium atoms undergo nuclear fusion, forming a helium atom and releasing a significant amount of energy.