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Now researchers have created a prototype thruster capable of generating plasma jets with propulsive forces comparable to those from conventional jet engines, using only air and electricity.—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023 Jet planes may one day fly without fossil fuels by using plasma jets, new research from scientists in China suggests.—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023 These near-parallel strands seemed to be connecting the swirling lobes at the ends of the galaxy’s two plasma jets to each other.—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2020 For over a century, astronomers have puzzled over solar spicules, the millions of plasma jets that cover the sun’s surface like whiskers.—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 15 Nov. 2019 These guns are designed to shoot plasma jets of ionized gas into the chamber, targeting, compressing, and heating a cloud of fusion fuel inside.—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2019
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