Is the Universe 99% Plasma?

[curiosity272]

Hi, I'm new, fascinated with everything I've seen so far.

I saw something on youtube, I can't remember where, saying that the Universe is 99% plasma. Is that a view present here? Thanks.

[Metryq]

The percentage is something like that, and yes that is the view advocated here.

This site has lots of primer material for the novice, as well as links to other material. The book I recommend to friends is Donald Scott's The Electric Sky.

[jacmac]

That is also the view at NASA.
try this link to confirm/compliment the EU perspective.
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/s ... t07sep99_1
Jack

[Cargo]

Yes it is. And it has been that way since we discovered Space during the Space Age.

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3724

The raw material of stars
Plasma pervades the universe in various degrees of concentration. It
is the raw material of which the stars are made, and it fills the space
between all celestial bodies with a thin matrix that throbs and pulsates
with strange waves and currents. Except in stars, its consistency is thin-
ner than any vacuum that man has been able to create on earth.
Despite the fierceness associated with its fiery temperature, plasma
is almost too delicate to exist in this cold and narrow corner of the uni-
verse we call earth. Here it is usually found only in such inhospitable
places as the heart of lightning bolts, the aurora borealis, and in electric
arcs.

Although at the time of it's discovery and today, it is considered the 4th State of Matter. I would argue now that it is the 1st.

[neilwilkes]

That is also the view at NASA.
try this link to confirm/compliment the EU perspective.
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/s ... t07sep99_1
Jack

Only really talking about the low energy stuff (dark mode) but still a good step, albeit a very small one, in the right direction - at least there was none of the usual "frozen in" nonsense.
Good link

[Cargo]

Here's a good page with lots of references
https://www.plasma-universe.com/99.999%25_plasma