Zero G Boiling

The next time you're watching a pot of water boil, perhaps for coffee or a cup of soup, pause for a moment and consider: what would this look like in space? Would the turbulent bubbles rise or fall? And how big would they be? Would the liquid stay in the pan at all?

Until a few years ago, nobody knew. Indeed, physicists have trouble understanding the complex behavior of boiling fluids here on Earth. Perhaps boiling in space would prove even more baffling.... It's an important question because boiling happens not only in coffee pots, but also in power plants and spacecraft cooling systems. Engineers need to know how boiling works. From NASA

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[joachim2464]

then don't watch it then! Because there are people who find it interesting

[ORACLE063]

plasma is everywhere in space. just because it doesn't happen on earth is inconsequential.

[Dandaman1500]

Thumbs up if you thought the title was "ZERO G BOWLING"

[unsaved013]

Cool video, really neat how a relatively small change in gravity changes how things act.

[09bagges]

@ORACLE063 it actually occurs in lightning and the northern lights

[DarKnightofCydonia]

woooahhhh

[ubba8]

damn it this is sooo kool!

i really wish NASA or someone would get good quality footage of a flame in zero gravity, or if anyone has a link to it somewhere other than youtube id really appreciate it

[marvinerzz]

yes, as long as the air pressure is constant, volume is constant, and the heat is constant

[DynastyPercussion]

I wonder if it can cook ramen noodles twice as fast. =)

[AlexKellian]

does water evaporate at the same rate in zero gravity?

[XX13urtonloverXX]

0:11 is the Boiling Heart!!