The researchers spotted a huge cloud of plasma, some 300 light-years long, containing highly ionized atoms.

研究人员发现了包含了高离态原子的、长度约为300光年的巨大等离子云。

The growing radiation from those first stars ionized hydrogen atoms, split them back into protons and electrons.

随着初代恒星发出的辐射越来越大，电离的氢原子再次被分解为质子和电子。

Levitt explains Zap Energy's approach passes a high current through a gas plasma of ionized atoms without negatively charged electrons or positively charged ions.

莱维特解释说，Zap Energy 的方法是将高电流通过电离原子的气体等离子体，而不带负电荷的电子或带正电荷的离子。

This cascade of atoms being ionized creates enough charged particles inside the tube to briefly conduct electricity between the rod and the walls.

这种被电离的原子级联在管内产生了足够多的带电粒子，可以在棒和壁之间短暂地导电。