EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -But what about plasma? It’s the most abundant state of matter in the universe, but plasma can’t exist for long under normal terrestrial conditions. Out in space, exotic plasmas can occur inside white dwarfs, large planets like Jupiter, and the Sun and other large stars.

Detailed explanation-2: -"99.9 percent of the Universe is made up of plasma, ” says Dr. Dennis Gallagher, a plasma physicist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plasma is one of the four common states of matter. A plasma is an electrically charged gas. In a plasma, some electrons have been stripped away from their atoms.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most common state in the Universe is plasma. This is because most of the atomic matter in the Universe is found in stars and stars are massive, extremely hot balls of ionised gas or plasma. Gas is the next most universally common state.

Detailed explanation-5: -“How was it determined that 99% of the Universe is in a plasma state? Most of the gas in interstellar space is ionized (astronomers can tell by the wavelengths of light the gas absorbs and emits), and all of the gas in stars in ionized, that’s where the 99% comes from.