• jaybone@lemmy.zip
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    15 days ago

    They keep saying gas, is this like hydrogen? If I put a spark to one of these would the whole thing catch fire?

    They are also saying 10 million degrees, is that a typo? How does that compare to the temperature of most stars?

    • MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      yeah it’s mostly hydrogen but it wont burn cuz there’s no oxygen in space lol. the 10 million degrees isn’t a typo - it’s actually a super-hot plasma at that point, not really a gas anymore. our sun’s core is around 15 million degrees for comparision.