when you say nothing at all- Ronan Keating (by iftomorrownevercomes)
Quark-Gluon Plasma, the Densest Form of Matter Ever Observed
The above image is a reconstruction of particle tracks captured in the STAR Time Projection Chamber during a Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) experiment that smashed Gold nuclei (which consists of 79 protons and 118 neutrons) together at nearly the speed of light, creating a fireball hot enough to melt protons and neutrons into a primordial superhot substance known as quark-gluon plasma.
The quark-gluon plasma, said to be the densest matter ever observed, is so hot it is more than a hundred thousand times hotter than the inside of the sun.
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Waterway to Orbit
Credit & Copyright: James Vernacotola
The 32nd shuttle mission to the International Space Station, STS-130, left planet Earth on February 8, 2010. Its early morning launch to orbit from Kennedy Space Center’s pad 39A followed the long, graceful, eastward arc seen in this 2 minute time exposure.
