Looks like a giant plasma ball to me... filaments, structure, yadda yadda... nothing like gravity gas
We can use lab physics for this one.... no need for hypo matha magical constructs.... enter the plasma universe.
gonna need some charge separations in them models me thinks
Great image Glen...
why stop there tho... have a play:
http://www.chromoscope.net/
coalescing gas do that? pfff... time for change gents.