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A wide-angle photo taken from inside the International Space Station's Cupola observatory, looking out into space. The Canadarm2 robotic arm is positioned in the center, grappling a white, cylindrical Cygnus cargo vehicle. The Cygnus has two large, circular, fan-like solar arrays that are a striking golden-orange color. Below is the brilliant blue and white curve of the Earth against the dark void of space.

The Coolest Experiment in the Universe

The Cold Atom Lab is the first facility in orbit to produce clouds of "ultracold" atoms, which can reach a fraction of a degree above absolute zero: -459ºF (-273ºC), the absolute coldest temperature that matter can reach.

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