What is Plasma?

Description: Plasma makes up 99.9% of the visible universe, but what is it? This video discusses what plasma is, where it lives, and how NASA studies it.

Music: “Artificial Intelligence” by Matteo Pagamici [SUISA], Max Molling [SUISA] via Universal Production Music

Video credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Beth Anthony (KBRwyle): Producer
Mara Johnson-Groh (Telophase): Writer
Barbara Giles (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Genna Duberstein (ADNET): Writer

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