View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/solid-liquid-gas-and-plasma-michael-murillo Have you ever seen static electricity cause a spark of light? What is that spark? What about lightning, the Northern Lights, or the tail of a comet? All of those things and many others – in fact, 99.9% of the universe -- are made of plasma. Michael Murillo gives the full picture on plasma. Lesson by Michael Murillo, animation by Tomás Pichardo Espaillat.