Source: China – South China Morning PostChina’s Tiangong space station has set a new record in space-based materials research after a tungsten alloy was heated to temperatures exceeding 3,100 degrees Celsius (5,612 degrees Fahrenheit).
That surpasses the highest temperatures previously achieved aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
On the ISS’s Japanese module, Kibo, scientists used a similar method – known as electrostatic levitation – to suspend tiny metal samples in mid-air and heat them with lasers, reaching around 3,000…Read More