plasma

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"Enceladus itself is a key driver of this environment, releasing huge amounts of water vapor that gets ionized, loading the magnetosphere with heavy plasma that is then pulled around as the planet spins."

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Together, the rapid spin and this heavy plasma environment appear to pull the magnetic field lines sideways.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The day of Scott’s stem cell treatment, a nurse first extracted 80 cc of his blood, which was spun down to produce platelet-rich plasma; after that, red blood cells were removed, leaving concentrated plasma proteins.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Either electrical current from divertors or from microwaves ionizes the gas, igniting an electrically charged plasma ring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

“Can’t be as awesome as a grape plasma ball.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas