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What is a bose-einstein condensate?

I've long since wanted to know what a bose-einstein condensate is but even after looking it up several times (I've wanted to know for a long time) I still have no clue. I just can't wrap my mind around it. I can't visualize it and even after trying google images, I just find graphs and unrelated stuff. Like plasma, and PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong, I imagine as a sort of goop or runny slime consistency but generally in a ball. Also, I know it's a superfluid, does that also make it a fluid? Is a superfluid just a sub-category of fluid? Please help.
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A Bose-Einstein condensate is a collection of atoms that all occupy their ground state, exhibiting quantum phenomena on a large scale. You definitely could not hold one or really even observe one with your naked eye since they tend to be very dilute, *very* cold, and need to be confined in some way. This is why you can't find pictures of one, just illustrations and density graphs from experiments.

Bose-Einstein condensation is related to superfluidity, but they are not the same thing, Bose-Einstein condensates are not necessarily superfluids.