Plasma, The Most Common Phase of Matter in the Universe
Get to know plasma, the most common, but probably least understood, phase of matter in the universe! Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get...
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I don’t know about you, but if I was on a ship and I saw a glowing sphere of lightsuddenly floating around the top of the mast, I would be … I think this is the properterm for it: freaked out.But for centuries, sailors saw that all the time!And they thought the mysterious blue glow was a good omen, because they associated itwith the end of a storm.They called it Saint Elmo’s fire, after Saint Erasmus, the patron saint of sailors.But we now know that it’s a natural phenomenon: When the pointed end of a ship’s mast interactswith heavily charged air, like during a storm, it can create a ball of plasma.Plasma is the fourth state of matter, after solid, liquid, and gas.And even though it makes up 99 percent of the visible universe, we didn’t know plasmawas a thin...
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I don’t know about you, but if I was on a ship and I saw a glowing sphere of lightsuddenly floating around the top of the mast, I would be … I think this is the properterm for it: freaked out.But for centuries, sailors saw that all the time!And they thought the mysterious blue glow was a good omen, because they associated itwith the end of a storm.They called it Saint Elmo’s fire, after Saint Erasmus, the patron saint of sailors.But we now know that it’s a natural phenomenon: When the pointed end of a ship’s mast interactswith heavily charged air, like during a storm, it can create a ball of plasma.Plasma is the fourth state of matter, after solid, liquid, and gas.And even though it makes up 99 percent of the visible universe, we didn’t know plasmawas a thin...
