Yeah, we thought the sun was pretty cool so we decided to make one.

Here's an article about a machine that's going to be built that will generate the same reaction that happens in the core of the sun.

"Okay, so it's going to be retarded hot in there, also there's going to be explosions every few seconds, so what can we make this out of? Steel will melt right away sooooo... STEVE, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T MELT?"

"No, but this stuff melts slower, except for during those constant explosions"

"Yeah, yeah, use that anyway, oh, and we're gonna need to shoot fuel pellets into it with a little gun all the time too, get me one of them"

"Are we going to need magnets?"

"Yeah, a lot of magnets, liquid nitrogen, microwaves, big metal spheres, hard to pronounce toxic elements, just a massive amount of science stuff"

"Right, I'll go shopping tomorrow. Hey could this thing go nuts and kill everyone?"

"Ehhhhh, just a few miles radius, so nothin' big"

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427291.300-building-a-second-sun-take-10-billion-add-coconuts.html?page=1