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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?
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.