Plasma

A fourth state of matter composed of superheated gases in the form of charged particles. The matter inside a star and most of the matter scattered across the universe is in the form of plasma^[1]. Examples include the solar corona and solar wind, both of which consist predominantly of protons and electrons^[2].

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