Super Chilled Molecules

Researchers Create Coldest Molecules On Earth That Are Colder than Interstellar Space

By Kamal Nayan - Jun 16, 2015 11:02 AM EDT

Researchers at MIT have managed to create the coldest stable molecules in the world that are over a million times colder than interstellar space. They made it possible by cooling molecules in a gas of sodium potassium (NaK) to a temperature of 500 nanokelvins, which is just a hair above absolute zero.

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