Plasma cosmology
![Hannes Alfvén used scaling laboratory results to extrapolate up to the scale of the universe. A scaling jump by a factor 109 was required to extrapolate to the magnetosphere, a second jump to extrapolate to galactic conditions, and a third jump to extrapolate to the Hubble distance.[1]](/Images/godic/202412/20/Cosmic-triple-jump1803.png")
Plasma cosmology is a non-standard cosmology whose central postulate is that the dynamics of ionized gases (or plasmas) play an essential role in the physics of the universe beyond the Solar System, including on the largest observable length scales. This is contrary to the general consensus by cosmologists and astrophysicists who support the theory that astronomical bodies and large-scale structures in the universe are mostly influenced by gravity, specifically Einstein's theory of general relativity, which explains the structure and evolution of the universe on cosmic scales. As of 2016, the vast majority of researchers openly reject plasma cosmology because it does not match modern observations of astrophysical phenomena or accepted cosmological theory.