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plasma

[plaz-muh] / ˈplæz mə /




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This unusual mixture is known as dusty plasma, a rare state of matter that exists both in outer space and inside laboratory experiments.

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Such an eruption would release a cloud of dense, magnetized plasma, temporarily altering the space around the FRB source as it passed through the line of sight.

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This rapid rearrangement can heat plasma to millions of degrees and hurl energized particles away from the site, creating a solar flare.

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The research team also analyzed blood plasma samples from people with chronic kidney disease and from healthy individuals.

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Another, more speculative explanation suggests the iron could be part of a curved arc of plasma created when a rocky planet was vaporized during an earlier expansion of the star.

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