Image: This box of holiday cheer is actually tubes of plasma containing suspended microparticles exposed to an electrical current to form 3D crystal structures. Called Plasma Kristall-4, this ESA-Roscosmos experiment has been helping to visualise atoms on the International Space Station to provide insights on basic physical processes. A plasma is an electrically charged gas, somewhat like lightning, that rarely occurs on Earth. It is considered to be the fourth state of matter, distinct from gas...
Image: This box of holiday cheer is actually tubes of plasma containing suspended microparticles exposed to an electrical current to form 3D crystal structures. Called Plasma Kristall-4, this ESA-Roscosmos experiment has been helping to visualise atoms on the International Space Station to provide insights on basic physical processes. A plasma is an electrically charged gas, somewhat like lightning, that rarely occurs on Earth. It is considered to be the fourth state of matter, distinct from gas...
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