New Atomic Structures
at Near Absolute Zero?
A report by:
RAdm. R.M. Wey
Experiments conducted into the conditions of the universe at the point were heat and motion stop, have revealed some fascinating properties in atomic structure.
In the field of quantum mechanics, which deals with the physics of subatomic particles, new tools have been produced to aid in understanding this new phenomenon.
Working with temperatures of about minus four hundred fifty-nine degrees Fahrenheit[or forty billionths of a degree above absolute zero], the theoretical boundary where beyond all heat and motion stop, researchers were able to ‘join’ thousands of atoms into a strange new form of matter.
Normally, atoms are constantly in motion, moving in what are random patterns, but under these conditions, the atoms acted in concert, behaving as a single entity.
Possessing completely different properties than any known form of matter previously discovered, its existence brings new understanding to the research currently being undertaken in the area of cosmology.
The Cold and Icy Dark:
The Universe in the Year10200
A report by:
FCapt. D.L. Wey
As was reported earlier, research has shown what the universe might have been like[at some point in its earlier history]. And research conducted through the auspices of the OSR have brought to light the real possibility that it may be so yet again.
For life exists in the universe due to our current era[or Stelliferous: or ‘Star Filled’ period], meaning without the heat from the sun, all life as we know it would cease.
It has been theorized that, by the year 10200, the stars will have all gone out, and only a vast soup of subatomic particles will remain. However, life will have long since ceased, this current cosmological epoch long forgotten.
Yet one must consider that, the universe as a whole will continue to change, there just won’t be anyone around to see it. Our current time period being approximately ten billion years[debate still rages over the exact age of the universe], and in that time, there have been star systems come and go.
The vastness of the universe is such, that we will never fully grasp its wonder, nor the secrets…that it holds.