Neat graphic on the scale of temperatures from Absolute Zero to Absolute Hot

[EliteRetard]

theres more than just mercury filled tubes. Heat is a measure of how much the molecules are vibrating.
You can do that a number of different ways. Even visually (no lie).

Like boiling

 

[oynaz]

Ice is the solid state of water.

Only kinda. Water is special in that is does not really follow the 4 states of matter that most other substances do. Ice has at least 16 phases:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice

 

[Zeze]

Holy shit - a living, breathing thing surviving -273C?! I had to look it up... possibly one of the weirdest creatures I've ever seen.

http://tvblogs.nationalgeographic.c...hy-the-tardigrade-is-natures-toughest-animal/

I'm more surprised at how 'big' tardigrade is.

I thought they were some really primitive single-celled organism, thus not that surprising they could survive extreme conditions including outer space.

Then I read this thing is a legit 'creature', as big as 1.5 mm. That's HUGE- that's one notch on the centimeter ruler. You can see it with naked eyes like a headlice.

It's a real arthropod

 

[Brainonska511]

Only kinda. Water is special in that is does not really follow the 4 states of matter that most other substances do. Ice has at least 16 phases:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice

I think you're confusing the two terms.

Water, and most other things will have states such as solid, liquid, and gas ( and plasma if you make it hot enough). The phases that solids can occupy though can vary depending on pressure, speed of freezing, and percentage of impurities. An easy example to think about is chocolate: if you melt a chocolate bar and then stick it in the fridge, it usually becomes gritty. That's due to a change in how the constituent molecules solidified. You see the same thing with steel - depending on the carbon percentage in the iron, how hot you make it, and how fast you cool it, you'll get different microcrystalline structures form which will effect the strength of the final metal piece.

 

[CZroe]

I'm more surprised at how 'big' tardigrade is.

I thought they were some really primitive single-celled organism, thus not that surprising they could survive extreme conditions including outer space.

Then I read this thing is a legit 'creature', as big as 1.5 mm. That's HUGE- that's one notch on the centimeter ruler. You can see it with naked eyes like a headlice.

It's a real arthropod

As I recall, they expected to find some living in Lake Vostok. I haven't heard much since they broke through so I'm off to see if there's any new developments there.

 

[SsupernovaE]

All matter has 4 states (generally speaking). Solid, Liquid, Gas, and Plasma.

There are more than 4 states.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

There are more than 4 states.

(generally speaking).

Don't think we encounter Einstein-Bose Condensate every day

 

[Mermaidman]

We should sow the other planets/asteroids/moons in our solar system with water bears and see what evolves after a few millenniums. Could be fun.

 

[Ichinisan]

We should sow the other planets/asteroids/moons in our solar system with water bears and see what evolves after a few millenniums. Could be fun.

They feed on bio matter like microbes and plant cells. You'd need to saturate the planet / moon / asteroid with other hardy microbes that feed on minerals.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

We should sow the other planets/asteroids/moons in our solar system with water bears and see what evolves after a few millenniums. Could be fun.

They don't actively live while in those extreme environments. They're in a suspended state.

Also they don't last forever in that state, a decade or so.