A Dying Star Is Reborn in a Lab
If you want to know how plasma behaves, just pump 26 million amps into some hydrogen and you'll soon find out.
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The Z Machine, shown here in a painting. | Courtesy Leah Flippen/Don Winget/The University of Texas
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