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48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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[-] malloc@lemmy.world 218 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Hotter than the surface of the sun by a factor of ~18000.

Hotter than the suns core by a factor of ~7.

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/temperatures-across-our-solar-system/#hds-sidebar-nav-1

People talk about Icarus flying too close to the sun. Motherfuckers are recreating it in labs 😂

[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 8 months ago

If Icarus won't come to the sun, the sun will come to Icarus.

[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 8 months ago

In case the reference is lost, there's a famous Muslim proverb: if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain. A flipped version of this proverb has somehow also become commonly known, perhaps surpassing the correct version (in my culture at least): if Muhammad won't go to the mountain, then the mountain will come to Muhammad.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 33 points 8 months ago

Hotter than yo mama …. Wait a minute

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

Just barely though...

[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago

People talk about Icarus flying too close to the sun. Motherfuckers are recreating it in labs

This!

That's definitely some next-gen level magic being scienced/engineered.

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

And some mother fucking!

[-] Plopp@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

I just want to know what kind of thermometer they put into the plasma to measure the temperature. It must have been made of ice or something to not burn up.

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 6 points 8 months ago

They usually measure extreme high temperatures differently, not with thermometers based on heat expansion of materials. They measure heat radiated, not conducted.

In plain English, they look at it with a heat camera, like you see on TV they patrol borders with.

[-] CaptKoala@lemmy.ml 13 points 8 months ago

The power of the sun, in the palm of my hand.

[-] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

...Icarus was a primitive savage from ancient times...he didn't have our cool cyberpunk tech

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