Record Set for Hottest Temperature on Earth: 3.6 Billion Degrees in Lab
This, is freaking, AWESOME!
“Scientists have produced superheated gas exceeding temperatures of 2 billion degrees Kelvin, or 3.6 billion degrees Fahrenheit.This is hotter than the interior of our Sun, which is about 15 million degrees Kelvin, and also hotter than any previous temperature ever achieved on Earth, they say.
The feat was accomplished in the Z machine at Sandia National Laboratories.”
“Also, when the high temperature was achieved, the Z machine was releasing more energy than was originally put in, something that usually occurs only in nuclear reactions.”
and the best part:
“They don’t know how they did it.”
Why I guess I think this is so great is because it was beyond the realm of imagination for many people. It just was something that “Wasn’t possible”, just like at one time it was impossible to fly through the air until the first airplane was built. Or that the world was square until proven otherwise or that the universe revolved around the Earth.
Now, things like this happen all the time, everyday, it doesn’t make this that much of a shock. I guess why its so great is that people are so trained to their senses that something can’t be possible until it is either heard, smelt, felt, seen or tasted, but once it is it seems obvious to so many. Something like being told and conditioned to believe a paticular thing your entire life but somewhere inside could feel otherwise, until the day when that belief was shattered. Funny how these things happen.
In any case, check out the article here
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Posted on March 9, 2006
Filed Under Daily Thoughts, Entertainment, Tech
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