What is PLASMA COSMOLOGY? What does PLASMA COSMOLOGY mean? PLASMA COSMOLOGY meaning

What is PLASMA COSMOLOGY? What does PLASMA COSMOLOGY mean? PLASMA COSMOLOGY meaning. Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license. Plasma cosmology is a non-standard cosmology whose central postulate is that the dynamics of ionized gases (or plasmas) play an essential role in the physics of the universe beyond the Solar System, including on the largest observable length scales. This is contrary to the general consensus by cosmologists and astrophysicists who support the theory that astronomical bodies and large-scale structures in the universe are mostly influenced by gravity, specifically Einstein's theory of general relativity, which explains the structure and evolution of the universe on cosmic scales. As of 2016, the vast majority of researchers openly reject plasma cosmology because it does not match modern observations of astrophysical phenomena or accepted cosmological theory. Some general concepts about plasma cosmology originated with Hannes Alfvén, who won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his other (unrelated) work in magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). Alfvén proposed the use of plasma scaling to extrapolate the results of laboratory experiments and plasma physics observations and scale them over many orders-of-magnitude up to the largest observable objects in the universe (see box). The term plasma universe is sometimes used as a synonym for plasma cosmology, as an alternative description of the plasma in the universe.