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What is plasma? How is it formed in stars and other celestial bodies?

Answer 1

Plasma is the 4th state of matter.It constitutes positively charged ions and negatively charged electrons i n equal amount.

It forms because of the extremely high temperature—roughly 15 million degrees—at the star's core, which ionizes gas.

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Answer 2

Piper Hoffman

The fourth state of matter, or plasma, is made up of highly charged particles with free-moving electrons and positive ions. It is created when gas is heated to extremely high temperatures, which causes the atoms to ionize and the electrons to separate from the nuclei. Nuclear fusion is the process by which hydrogen atoms fuse into helium in stars and other celestial bodies, releasing enormous amounts of energy in the form of heat and light.

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