Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Plasma is not rare.
Plasma is not exotic.
Plasma is the default state of the universe.

From the Sun powering our solar system, to the solar wind flowing past Earth, to cosmic rays racing through space — plasma dominates everything beyond our thin atmosphere.

In this video, I break it down from first principles:

What plasma really is (at the atomic level)

How hydrogen becomes ionized plasma

Why stars — including our Sun — are giant balls of plasma

How solar wind and cosmic rays are both plasma

And why understanding plasma means understanding the universe itself

The solid matter we live on exists inside small islands of neutral gas, embedded in a vast ocean of ionized matter.

And yes — I took this picture.

🔭 Shot from my backyard observatory
🌌 Real science, no hype
⚡ Plasma explained visually and intuitively

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