What happens if a sample of a star's core material were brought to a normal Earth environment?
Answer
It would cool, recombine its electrons, and revert to a hot, neutral gas.
If brought to normal Earth conditions, the material would cool down, allowing electrons to recombine with ions, reverting the plasma back into a very hot, but neutral, gas.
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