Today's interesting fact has to do with the coldest place in the known universe.
You might find this hard to believe, but by studying the sky with telescopes, both visual and radio, they've been able to show that the temperature of the universe is pretty constant.
The coldest places we've found yet are not in outer space, not in the depths between the stars or galaxies.
The coldest places we've found so far was generated using our own refrigeration equipment.
Absolute zero corresponds to –273.15 degrees Celsius (or –459.67 degrees Fahrenheit).
Scientists have gotten matter to within 100 picokelvins (pK), or 0.000 000 000 1 of a Kelvin of absolute zero.
Challenged in September 2010 to come up with interesting facts every day by one of my work colleagues, I've since entertained him and those near his desk with bits of information dredged from my brain. Some of my audience went on holiday and still wanted the facts so I started posting here, every day I do one of them, usually Monday through Friday, and the occasional post on the weekend. I post these facts here almost every day and you will find two posts on some days to make any missing days.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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