Observations of the radio-frequency emission from extraterrestrial plasmas and plasmas produced in the laboratory are described, and various attempts at interpretation of the results are reviewed. Estimates are made of the probable loss of radiant energy from plasmas in proposed thermonuclear reactors.

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