So cool it doesn't even need space.

The article said "0.1 K, the coldest theoretical temp. of any object"
Is that really the case? It seems kind of arbitrary...like, I can see that absolute 0 is some sort of theoretical limit that nothing can be, but is 0.01 K really like, actually totally impossible or just exponentially harder, like the light speed limit?

A much simpler way for NASA to keep this thing that cold would have been to send my wife up there with it. That would have solved two problems.

Shenanigans.

Yay - L2. My favorite points are Lagrange points.

Best space game/sim eva:


/hot
//like warping from Lagrange points

Steve132: The article said "0.1 K, the coldest theoretical temp. of any object"
Is that really the case? It seems kind of arbitrary...like, I can see that absolute 0 is some sort of theoretical limit that nothing can be, but is 0.01 K really like, actually totally impossible or just exponentially harder, like the light speed limit?

I think you misread a bit:

-273.05°C, only 0.1°C above absolute zero - the coldest temperature theoretically possible in our Universe.

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At least one of the modular detectors being made for that will get that cold. In our atmosphere.

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Steve132: The article said "0.1 K, the coldest theoretical temp. of any object"
Is that really the case? It seems kind of arbitrary...like, I can see that absolute 0 is some sort of theoretical limit that nothing can be, but is 0.01 K really like, actually totally impossible or just exponentially harder, like the light speed limit?

Where did you learn how to use quotation marks? You do realize that quoting something requires at least a modest degree of accuracy?

"only 0.1°C above absolute zero - the coldest temperature theoretically possible in our Universe"

And while the sentence's construction could certainly be improved, it doesn't take much intelligence to parse it out correctly. "only 0.1°C above" is a modifier of "absolute zero", with "the coldest temperature theoretically possible" being a subphrase providing a definition of the term "absolute zero".

CravenMorehead: A much simpler way for NASA to keep this thing that cold would have been to send my wife up there with it. That would have solved two problems.

I think ESA would have issues if NASA started messign around with their stuff.

Moya disagrees.

FTFAThe detectors will look for variations in the temperature of the CMB that are about a million times smaller than one degree - this is comparable to measuring from Earth the heat produced by a rabbit sitting on the Moon.

There are two ways to go from this quote.

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I thought it was going to be Bob Forward's Starwisp...

Would like to get his hands on that

/coldlinked

CravenMorehead: A much simpler way for NASA to keep this thing that cold would have been to send my wife up there with it. That would have solved two problems.

If she reads that she will be freezing your heebees, or put them on ice for a while.

MrSteve007: Yay - L2. My favorite points are Lagrange points.

Best space game/sim eva:


/hot
//like warping from Lagrange points

I-war. I used to love that game.