Cold On The Space Station!

[hazelm]

Brrr!  It's cold up there.  -459 degrees F.   Why?  Quantum physics and to slow down atoms to a point that scientists can see how the atom  really works.  Surely wish I could see that but not  at -459 F; nor way up there.  Surely hope they don't make it any colder.  Didn't I once read that something drastic can happen if we reach absolute zero? 

 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181221161844.htm

Edited December 22, 2018 by hazelm

[hazelm]

There is a nice video in the link at the bottom of the page, https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7311 

 

I like to think in Kelvin or Centigrade, Fahrenheit went out of fashion almost 50 years ago in the UK and most places in the world except the states. 0Kelvin = -273Centigrade = -459F or 273K = 0C = 32F or 373K  = 100C = 212F

As Sir Winston said:  Two nations separated by a common language.  :-)

[exchemist]

As Sir Winston said:  Two nations separated by a common language.  :-)

So now I know what absolute zero is in Fahrenheit. :)

 

I had managed to live 64 years without ever needing to know, or calculate, that.

[hazelm]

So now I know what absolute zero is in Fahrenheit. :)

 

I had managed to live 64 years without ever needing to know, or calculate, that.

They do say that learning something new each day keeps one young and sharp.  :-)