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Space & astrophysical plasma


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  • Accretion disk & black-hole plasma
  • Astrophysical jets
  • Earth's atmosphere
    • Auroras
    • Electricity & lightning
  • Earth's ionosphere
  • Earth's magnetosphere
    • Auroral phenomena in magnetosphere
    • Magnetic storms, substorms
    • Magnetopause
    • Magnetosheath
    • Magnetotail
    • Plasma sheet
    • Plasmasphere
    • Radiation belts
  • Heliosphere
    • Heliopause
  • Intergalactic medium
  • Interplanetary magnetic field
  • Interstellar medium
  • Lunar plasmas
    • Lunar atmosphere
    • Lunar dust & plasma
    • Lunar magnetic field
  • Planetary plasmas
    • Core of giant planets
    • Planetary atmosphere
    • Planetary bow shock
    • Planetary magnetosphere
  • Solar plasma
    • Coronal loops
    • Coronal mass ejections
    • Helioseismology
    • Photosphere
    • Solar corona
    • Solar cycles
    • Solar flares
    • Solar interior
    • Solar wind
  • Stellar plasmas
    • Stellar atmosphere
    • Stellar interior
    • Stellar wind
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