The result is a highly charged, ionized gas called plasma that burns with a bluish glow.

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Dr Ardavan's theory describes how the gyrating star generates an intense magnetic field, which polarises the ionised gas or plasma surrounding it.

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Our star can sometimes despatch big bursts of shortwave and longwave radiation, superfast particles and colossal volumes of charged gas (plasma) in our direction.

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For instance, the ultra-thin layers of graphene (a two-dimensional form of graphite) are formed by injecting liquid solutions containing carbon and silicon into an extremely hot, ionised gas (plasma) of argon.

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And it needs to carry extra gas, since the plasma would leak out of the end of the magnetic balloon.

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This can be done by heating the gas (a thermal plasma) or passing an electric current through it (a non-thermal plasma).

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It contained details on refined plasma actuator technology, which uses ionized gas to improve aircraft control.

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Mr. FLANSBURGH: And the sun is actually super excited gas, which is called plasma.

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When the capacitors are discharged, electrons flow through the gas, knocking the electrons away from the atomic nuclei and thus transforming it into a plasma.

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