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The isotope was then placed into a batch-mode ion source, where it was ionized, accelerated to high energies, and delivered to the target.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

"Enceladus itself is a key driver of this environment, releasing huge amounts of water vapor that gets ionized, loading the magnetosphere with heavy plasma that is then pulled around as the planet spins."

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

This process creates what scientists call coronal line gas, a name borrowed from the sun's outer atmosphere to describe highly ionized, super-hot plasma.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026

Because of the strong magnetosphere of its host planet, the water on Enceladus is ionized and gets trapped within the Uranus magnetosphere.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2024

By Livingston’s calculations, he had accelerated ionized hydrogen molecules, H2, twenty times over the course of ten complete circuits.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik