• Question: what was the most interesting discovery or thing you found out about the data zone or space

    Asked by voke shines to Anna, George, Jodi, Rob, Stefan on 18 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Stefan Lines

      Stefan Lines answered on 18 Nov 2014:


      It was probably at school when I learned that the universe was most likely infinite and expanding.

    • Photo: Anna Scaife

      Anna Scaife answered on 18 Nov 2014:


      I like extremes – one of the most interesting things I’ve found about (not connected to my own research) is the Boomerang Nebula, the coldest place in the Universe. It has a temperature of 1 Kelvin (-272 deg C), which is even colder than the relic radiation from the Big Bang at 3 K.

      On Earth scientists have been able to achieve temperatures even lower than that, which is also pretty amazing! They do this using superconductors. Literally cool science 🙂

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