The coldest place in the known universe is on the ISS

The International Space Station (ISS) is slated to become the coldest spot in space as NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) begins producing ultra-cold atoms. Called Bose-Einstein condensates, these atoms that are cooled to within a 10 billionth degree of absolute zero as part of microgravity experiments to study quantum mechanics and the fundamental nature of matter.

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Category: Physics

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• Astrophysics
• Cryogenics
• International Space Station
• NASA

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