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Physicists Superheated Gold to Hotter Than the Sun’s Surface and Disproved a 40-Year-Old Idea | A thin piece of gold reached 33,740 degrees Fahrenheit, which is more than 14 times higher than its melting point, by being rapidly heated—and it didn’t melt


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