Space-Based Bose-Einstein Condensates: How the 5th State of Matter Could Change Everything

Physics Lord on Instagram: "A Bose–Einstein Condensate (BEC) is a state of matter that forms when a group of certain particles is cooled to extremely low temperatures, very close to absolute zero (0 K or −273.15 °C). What happens in a BEC? • The particles involved are called bosons (particles with integer spin, like certain atoms). • At ultra-low temperatures, the atoms lose almost all their kinetic energy. • Instead of behaving as individual particles, many atoms collapse into the same quantum