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A solar coronal mass ejection blasts plasma throughout the Solar System. The highest concentration of plasma in our Solar System is at the Sun. Over 99.999% of the Solar System by volume is plasma.

From NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Credit: SOHO Consortium, LASCO, EIT ESA, NASA

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(del) (cur) 12:01, 16 September 2005 . . Iantresman (Talk | contribs) . . 720×720 (167,657 bytes) (The highest concentration of plasma in our Solar System at the Sun. This images shows plasma in the form of a coronal mass ejection being blasting into space and throughought the Solar System. Over 99.999% of the Solar System by volume is plasma. From NAS)