In a Major Feat, Scientists Create a Bose-Einstein Condensate in Space

Space-Based Matter
By blasting a miniature, experimental chip into space, scientists have created the first space-based Bose-Einstein condensate. The feat could allow for the more precise exploration of gravitational waves, dark matter, and add to our fundamental understanding of physics.Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) are a state of matter in which a cloud of atoms is cooled until it's very close to absolute zero. At this extremely low temperature, the atoms move very, very slowly, c