When the Cold Atom Laboratory launches to the International Space Station in 2016, it will become the coldest spot in the universe. Learn how scientists are going to get closer than ever to absolute zero — and why they want to.
Annotations:
Absolute Zero: Absolute Awesome: https://youtu.be/TNUDBdv3jWI
Moore’s Law and The Secret World Of Ones And Zeroes: https://youtu.be/1qQE5Xwe7fs
Astronauts’ Arch-Enemy: Dust: https://youtu.be/_Ao7to4WrMc
Space Particles Are Flying Through You Right Now!: https://youtu.be/gg00eVaMWjQ
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Sources:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/cold_atom_lab/#.VO14zvnF-gg
http://coldatomlab.jpl.nasa.gov/sciencebackground/
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/20mar_newmatter/
http://www.gizmag.com/iss-nasa-cold-atom-lab/30729/
http://spacenews.com/42207construction-of-iss-bound-cold-atom-lab-on-tap-for-2015/
http://coldatomlab.jpl.nasa.gov/instrument/
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