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Seeker

Seeker: Week of 10 28 13: This Is the Coldest Place in the Universe

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reports on the discovery by scientists that the Boomerang Nebula in the Milky Way is the coldest known place in space.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Absolute Zero

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers several paragraphs of detailed information on absolute zero, the lowest temperature that can be obtained in any macroscopic system.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Boomerang Nebula

For Students 9th - 10th
A photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the Boomerang Nebula.