Because it’s almost impossible to get it to stay still on Earth.
- Scientists have made a rubidium Bose-Einstein condensate aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
- Bose-Einstein condensate is the fifth state of matter, and it lives way longer in space.
- NASA’s autonomous Cold Atom Lab was carried up to ISS in 2018.
NASA scientists on Earth have collaborated with astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) to corral the first ever Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) outside of Earth’s gravity. Among other things ... Read even more
