Water Drops Orbiting a Knitting Needle


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Astronaut/scientist Don Petit conducts experiments in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station to demonstrate physics on video. Here, he shows how water drops orbit a knitting needle -not because of gravity, but because of an electrostatic charge. Link -via Fark

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