Record Set for Hottest Temperature on Earth: 3.6 Billion Degrees in Lab

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

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.

They don't know how they did it.

Read entire story here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060308/sc_space/recordsetforhottesttemperatureonearth36billiondegr eesinlab).

[Auggie2k]

They don't know how they did it? That's our scientists.

[Mels_Smileys45]

I can see the future (its true) headlines

[Scientist blow up Albuquerque] and most of Mexico but don't really know how they did it. Bush is seeking to give them 50 billion dollars to develope a bomb on their research.

[Mels_Smileys45]

"Record Set for Hottest Temperature on Earth: 3.6 Billion Degrees in Lab" One scientist was reported saying, "Hey! Heeaeaeaeaeaeaeeey! Don't you guys have a fucking air conditioner is this lab? I'm getting a rash on my marbles!"

[Signa]

does this mean we are close to getting fusion energy? ive been waiting for something like this.

[cjules13]

suh-weeeet!

Check out this image of the machine used:
http://www.livescience.com/imageoftheday/siod_041104.html

[shawners]

How can they measure that much heat, anything in the lab taking a tempeture would melt it.. ? The tempeture guage may melt and cause sticking.

[cjules13]

You measure the strength of the resulting radiation and that is proportional to the tempurature.

[nukehella]

MY heating bill went up 40% this winter.I hope they can apply this technology for something positive like that but we'll probaly wind up using it to fry alien planets that piss us off.

[cheapprick]

How can they measure that much heat

Good question.

You measure the strength of the resulting radiation and that is proportional to the temperature.

Good answer.


My work here is done.

[Digital Bliss]

That could blow up the world couldnt it?

[Fudge Tunnel]

does this mean we are close to getting fusion energy? ive been waiting for something like this.

Absolutely, I wondered the same thing as soon as I read it. This has to be the most important application of these sorts of temperatures. In fact fusion only requires a temperature of a few million degrees to work in theory. If attainable the world's energy issues would be solved overnight & forever as all you would ever need to produce an almost infinite supply...is water. Let's hope its not bollocks.