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- jrm125, on 10/16/2009, -3/+95Human beings are really amazing...the things we're capable of.
It's amazing we're still so damn stupid at the same time. - m0og0o, on 10/16/2009, -0/+71Is deep space colder than shallow space?
- christoast, on 10/16/2009, -9/+57It's fun to contrast this with some redneck down in Kentucky throwing bibles at passing black people while drinking a bottle of mad dog 2020.
- JeffRyemon, on 10/16/2009, -3/+451.9 kelvin is ridiculous
- peteyb1313, on 10/16/2009, -4/+45dont even get me started about 2 kelvins!
- Benno, on 10/16/2009, -1/+40*FINNISH
- nullcodes, on 10/16/2009, -13/+48YO LHC, I'MMA REALLY HAPPY FOR YA, I'LL LET YOU FINISH .. BUT THE LOW TEMPERATURE LAB AT HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HAD THE BEST COLDEST TEMPERATURE EVER!! THE BEST EVER!!
- noahgelman, on 10/16/2009, -0/+32I read an article on digg a long while back about the opposite of absolute zero-- an absolute hot. I can't find it, but it was a very good read.
- Jaime2000, on 10/16/2009, -0/+29If shallow space is space that is near to stars (as opposed to deep space being far away from stars), then I suppose the answer is yes.
- Crazinazin, on 10/16/2009, -2/+31For those of you who think the LHC will create black holes, there's nothing to be worried about. The LHC might, hopefully create mini black holes. Black holes have the same amount of gravity per mass as every other object in the universe. Imagine the head of a pin. That is the amount of matter going into this reaction. A black hole from that much matter would suck in about the same amount. Absolutely nothing. The black holes would evaporate through Hawking radiation in seconds.
- offrdbandit, on 10/16/2009, -0/+27"I'm sitting next to a 1K cryostat right now, and that's not impressive."
No one wants to hear about your ugly girlfriend, okay? - jinxmix, on 10/16/2009, -2/+28I'm sure it was a very good read.
In fact it was such a good read it had to be submitted three times
http://digg.com/general_sciences/Absolute_Zero_Abs ...
http://digg.com/general_sciences/Absolute_Hot_Is_t ...
http://digg.com/general_sciences/Absolute_Hot_The_ ...
I aspire to one day be able to submit the same article, too. - ButterBuddha, on 10/16/2009, -1/+25Amazing...
- JoeNaguib, on 10/17/2009, -0/+19Super Collider?
But I just met her! - ChileanGoD, on 10/16/2009, -0/+18Yesss John, it is about 100% to 200% times colder. Some say it has 500% more cold than any other space ever found.
- SkippyDoorknob, on 10/17/2009, -0/+17And 1.8 kelvin is right out!
- the2989, on 10/16/2009, -0/+16^nullcodes, why should ETs with a planet of their own worry about our problems? One of the tests for humans to become as advanced as every other great civilization is for us to overcome all of our stupid problems on our own and learn to be self-sufficient. We shouldn't need intergalactic nannies to babysit us like we're important or something.
- TheMidnight, on 10/16/2009, -4/+20Still warmer than Hilary Clinton's cooch.
- MacBookForMe, on 10/16/2009, -7/+22What a gorgeous feeding ground for those little & cheeky black holes...
- Phelyx, on 10/17/2009, -0/+14Yeah, deep space is definitely a thing to get really, really ANGRY about.
- kevincredible, on 10/16/2009, -0/+14I expect a black hole sex toy within a decade.
- gasoline, on 10/16/2009, -0/+12Calendars? It's just five minutes to midnight.
- rug009, on 10/17/2009, -0/+11There already is. She lives two blocks away from me.
- telepwn, on 10/16/2009, -0/+11Wikipedia is lacking on good articles, but here's what they have:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_temperature
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_hot
they both tie into the theory of everything (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_everything) in very interesting ways, all of these articles are worth a read if you're interested in physics even a little bit - tsmallm, on 10/16/2009, -0/+11so maybe I'm confused but cooling 27km of pipeline is easy because you can cool an experiment in the controlled conditions of a lab?
- mbm1980, on 10/17/2009, -1/+11You moron!
Haven't you seen the documentary on NASA called Star Trek?
Do that and come back again you dumbass... - doremon313, on 10/16/2009, -0/+10what's the point, it's just ganna travel back in time and kick itself in the ass again
- junaeroplane, on 10/16/2009, -0/+10that is actually not irony, but a coincidental observation
- ConfirmedCynic, on 10/17/2009, -0/+10Because we know everything about physics and can be perfectly sure Hawking radiation will occur even though it's never been witnessed before.
The best argument not to worry is that if it were going to happen, it would already have happened, due to cosmic rays. But let's not pretend physicists knows everything. That's why the collider was built, after all. - Zaxcomp, on 10/17/2009, -0/+9Sounds rather fun really. Get to spend our days as the universe's Silly-Putty.
- nullcodes, on 10/16/2009, -2/+10Sounds like an ex girlfriend.
- RandomGorilla, on 10/16/2009, -0/+8they should make extra use of that by flash-freezing vodka.
- lambchoppe, on 10/16/2009, -0/+8***** was so cash.
- ptoomey, on 10/17/2009, -0/+7There is matter out there, just not much of it. That matter and its particles are moving therefore there is an average temperature of any given area of space I would think.
- Groovydoo, on 10/16/2009, -0/+6How many seconds did the thing work for in our universe before it broke?
- czernel, on 10/17/2009, -1/+7When calculating the temperature in space, it is important to understand that most estimates must take into account the varied makeup of space. Outer space is the portion of the universe which is almost entirely empty. Unlike the small pockets of our universe which are inhabited by stars, planets, and other large sections of matter, outer space contains very, very little. Nonetheless, it is not entirely empty, and this is important to understand when considering the temperature in space.
The short answer is that the temperature in space is approximately 2.725 Kelvin. That means the universe is generally just shy of three degrees above absolute zero – the temperature at which molecules themselves stop moving. That’s almost -270 degrees Celsius, or -455 Fahrenheit.
How much sunlight a particular area of space is exposed to also plays an important role in determining the temperature in space in that area. When scientists talk about 2.725 K as the temperature in space, they’re talking about an average temperature – actually, what is called the Cosmic Background Radiation, which is the energy still left over from the Big Bang. If we were to look at space a bit closer to home, even somewhere very far away such as just outside of Pluto, the temperature would probably be closer to 35 or 40 K. Still very cold, but nowhere near as cold as somewhere in deep space, far from any sunlight.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-temperature-in ... - bootie, on 10/16/2009, -5/+11Looks like its doomsday again...mark your calendars
- Radan, on 10/16/2009, -0/+6Seeing how they are accelerating particles to near light speed and at the same time trying to cool the machinery to as close to absolute zero as they practically can, and seeing how it's impossible to merely destroy energy, it doesn't feel that far fetched that there will be both very insanely cold and hot parts of this construction.
(Think about it like your refrigerator. While it's cold inside, the back of the case is most likely very hot) - elmohoo, on 10/16/2009, -0/+6Oh snap! I have been told. And just because my girlfriend never puts out, that doesn't make her cold, okay...
- pcoleman18, on 10/16/2009, -0/+6But... the future is suppose to be preventing this...
OH **** - Ocelot13, on 10/17/2009, -0/+6Lies.
If you were working in a lab, you're smart enough to know that it would be "our lab" not "are lab" - cruelsniper, on 10/16/2009, -1/+6Haha, kinda funny, because this article from just two days ago, http://ca.askmen.com/entertainment/special_feature ... says "The Large Hadron Collider will contain the hottest spot in the solar system." I know that obviously it is kept at extremely low temperatures, but I just found this to be rather ironic.
- christoast, on 10/16/2009, -0/+5A huge ring around the moon would be perfect.
- CaviMike, on 10/16/2009, -0/+5I love science.
- evilresident, on 10/17/2009, -0/+5he could .. ya know, not speak english well.
or as a first language.
Did you know that there are actually scientists out 'there' that doesn't even *SPEAK* ANY english whatsoever? - LarkStew, on 10/17/2009, -0/+4It's not so much that deep space is colder, it's more that coldness make space deep. So if it's quite warm, then space becomes shallow. And that is why icebergs float. Simple really.
- KungFooJesus, on 10/17/2009, -0/+4No lolcat?
No Obama?
No "teabaggers" in title?
No infographic that's not an infographic?
Contains science information?
Dugg
BTW, I looked up "quenching" as it relates to superconducting magnets:
"Once a superconducting magnet is ramped up and fully magnetized, it literally takes no additional current or power to keep the magnet going. There's zero resistance -- that's the "superconducting" part -- so the current flowing in the magnet coils will run forever. That is, forever if the liquid helium cooling the magnet is kept cold enough, which is quite close to Absolute Zero. If the cooling system goes on the fritz, the magnet starts to develop resistance, which cause heat, which causes more resistance, and more heat, and so on until all the liquid helium gets hot enough to become a gas, which then erupts in a jet-engine-sounding event known as a quench." - DouglasScott, on 10/16/2009, -2/+6.5K cryostat @ monoprice is only $1.25.
- ConfirmedCynic, on 10/17/2009, -1/+5Space does have a temperature and it is not pitch black either.
- Fortuna, on 10/17/2009, -0/+4it's fun to contrast this with some hood 'n****a' riding around on his ghetto sled making white people uncomfortable with his violent rap lyrics
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