Fifth State of Matter in Space
- NASA scientists on Earth have collaborated with astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) to corral the first ever Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) outside of Earth’s gravity.
- They have made a rubidium BEC aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and the BEC lasted hundreds of times longer than the same substance on Earth’s surface.
Bose-Einstein Condensate
- The existence of Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) was predicted by Albert Einstein and Indian mathematician Satyendra Nath Bose almost a century ago. They are formed when atoms of certain elements are cooled to near absolute zero (0 Kelvin or minus 273.15 Celsius).
- At this point, the atoms become ....
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