Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Space plasmas

Astrophysical plasma is plasma outside of the Solar System. It is studied as part of astrophysics and is commonly observed in space.

2 episodes

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  1. Solar Wind

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the phenomenon behind the auroras at Earth's poles, the stream of charged particles spreading out from the Sun to the border of the solar system.

    23 January 2020

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    Featuring: Andrew Coates, Helen Mason, Tim Horbury

     
  2. The Sun

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the science of the sun, source of all our energy.

    10 July 2014

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    Featuring: Carolin Crawford, Yvonne Elsworth, Louise Harra